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cord-337670-3wq260lj	Joob, Beuy	Letter to the Editor: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), Infectivity, and the Incubation Period	2020-03-31		.txt	text/plain	287	25	51	authors: Joob, Beuy; Wiwanitkit, Viroj title: Letter to the Editor: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), Infectivity, and the Incubation Period Dear Editor, We read with great interest the recent publication entitled "A Chinese case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) did not show infectivity during the incubation period: based on an epidemiological survey" [1] . Bae concluded that "the epidemiological findings support the claim that the COVID-19 virus does not have infectivity during the incubation period [1] . " In fact, a pathogen should not have infectivity during the incubation period or development of disease. How the author was able to confirm the reliability of the patient's self-reported history is an interesting issue for further discussion. A Chinese case of novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) did not show infectivity during the incubation period: based on an epidemiological survey Incubation period and other epidemiological characteristics of 2019 novel coronavirus infections with right truncation: a statistical analysis of publicly available case data	./cache/cord-337670-3wq260lj.txt	./txt/cord-337670-3wq260lj.txt