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incubation period

In infectious disease, the time-lag between catching the pathogen and developing symptoms of the condition.



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The proportions of infected persons who would die with disease symptoms are 79% and 37% for the incubation periods of 16 and 50 years, respectively.
Blood transfusion and spread of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease by Lower, Johannes / Emerging Infectious Diseases
This makes it difficult to be very specific or clear-cut about a case definition, incubation periods or other characteristics.
Pandemic containment and management by Gardner, Anne / Australian Nursing Journal
The chapter on communicable diseases contains information about the incubation periods of common communicable diseases, which may be useful in making administrative decisions in clinical settings.
Diseases of the Human Body, 2d ed by Scherer, Susan A. / Physical Therapy
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