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What is Serial interval is and explain in detail?
The gap in the time interval between the onset of primary case and the secondary case is known as serial interval. By collecting information about a whole series of such onset we get a distribution of secondary cases from which we can guess the incubation period of disease ( refer pg 100, park 23 rd edition )