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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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Sending them a promotion right after a particular latency period passes is smart marketing.
Children are thought to be much more susceptible than adults, though we won't know for another 20 to 30 years how many will already have contracted this cancer from exposure in schools because of its long latency period," she said.
Prostate cancer (PCA), the most frequently diagnosed malignancy in men, represents an excellent candidate disease for chemoprevention studies because of its particularly long latency period, high rate of mortality and morbidity.
 
 
 
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