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AA Adedoyin Awofisayo-Okuyelu
NM Noel McCarthy
IM Ifunanya Mgbakor
IH Ian Hall
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Relevant data was extracted using a pre-developed pro forma (Table 1). The type of data extracted from all studies included general information on the article, characteristics of the observational study or experimental study, details of the organism, attack rate, setting of exposure, details of case definition and summary measures of the incubation period such as mean, median, mode and range where available.

Details of data extracted

Some studies further reported individual incubation data either as an epidemic curve or descriptive table. Where an epidemic curve was provided, we used a free online data extraction tool called WebPlotDigitizer version 3.10 [14] to extract the individual incubation data. If data was provided as a descriptive summary table, individual incubation data was equally extracted.

The unit of measurement reported and extracted was in days.

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