Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands.
Center for Marine Environmental Studies (CMES), Ehime University, Ehime, Japan.
Euro Surveill. 2022 Jun;27(24). doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.24.2200448.
In May 2022, monkeypox outbreaks have been reported in countries not endemic for monkeypox. We estimated the monkeypox incubation period, using reported exposure and symptom-onset times for 18 cases detected and confirmed in the Netherlands up to 31 May 2022. Mean incubation period was 9.0 [corrected] days (5th-95th percentiles: 4.2-17.3), underpinning the current recommendation to monitor or isolate/quarantine case contacts for 21 days. However, as the incubation period may differ between different transmission routes, further epidemiological investigations are needed.
2022 年 5 月，在非猴痘流行的国家报告了猴痘疫情。我们利用截至 2022 年 5 月 31 日在荷兰发现和确诊的 18 例病例的报告暴露和症状出现时间，对猴痘潜伏期进行了估计。潜伏期的平均值为 9.0 [已更正]天（5%到 95%的分位数：4.2 到 17.3），这支持了目前监测或隔离/检疫病例接触者 21 天的建议。然而，由于不同传播途径的潜伏期可能不同，因此需要进一步进行流行病学调查。
