Early estimates on monkeypox incubation period, generation time and reproduction number in Italy, May-June 2022

Giorgio Guzzetta, Alessia Mammone, Federica Ferraro +10

We analyzed the first 255 PCR-confirmed cases of monkeypox occurred in Italy in 2022. Preliminary estimates indicate: mean incubation period of 9.1 days (95%CI of the mean: 6.5-10.…