Fig. 2

Joint estimation of the time from illness onset to death and type-specific case fatality ratio of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) in the Republic of Korea, 2015. a Mean and standard deviation of the time from illness onset to death. b Estimated case fatality ratio (CFR) by subgroup as a function of calendar time. In both panels, the horizontal axis represents the date at which the estimation was implemented. Upper and lower 95 % confidence intervals (CI) for each parameter derived from the profile likelihood are indicated by the whiskers