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Serial interval not consistently defined in the literature.

Generation time from infection to removal within 1 individual (Anderson & May,1991). Serial interval between successive clinical cases (Hope Simpson, 1948: Lipsitch 2003; White and Pagano, 2006). Generation interval btwn successive infections (Wallinga &Lipstich,2007; Roberts & Heesterbeek; 2007).

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