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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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We conducted a retrospective descriptive study of 24 of 30 influenza virus (H5N1) cases in China to estimate and compare incubation periods for different exposure settings, including case-patients exposed only to sick or dead poultry versus those exposed only to a wet poultry market, where small animals and poultry may be purchased live or slaughtered (see www.
Incubation period for human cases of avian influenza a (H5N1) ... by Huai, Yang; Xiang, Nijuan; Zhou, Lei; Feng, Luzhao; Peng, Zhibin; Chapman, Robert S.; Uyeki, Timothy / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Researchers estimated incubation periods in men ranged from 39 to 56 years and may have been up to seven years longer.
CJD threat returns as scientists warn of 50-year incubation by The Daily Mail (London, England)
Prof Colling's team discovered the location of three new genes in mice that help determine the incubation periods.
Genes clue to vCJD plague by The Mirror (London, England)
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