incubation period
time between an infection and the onset of disease symptoms
AI overview
The incubation period is the time that passes between when you catch an infection and when you actually start feeling sick or showing symptoms. It matters because knowing how long this period typically lasts helps doctors and public health officials predict when infected people might become contagious and take steps to prevent the spread of disease.
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Research
40,838 papers- Immediate "Kangaroo Mother Care" and Survival of Infants with Low Birth Weight.The New England journal of medicine · 2021
- A reaction-diffusion malaria model with seasonality and incubation period.Journal of mathematical biology · 2018
- Determination of scrapie agent titer from incubation period measurements in hamsters.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 1981
- Influence of selection for increased body weight, egg production, and shank width on the length of the incubation period of turkeys.Poultry science · 2000
- Transmission dynamics of a reaction-advection-diffusion dengue fever model with seasonal developmental durations and intrinsic incubation periods.Journal of mathematical biology · 2024
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Article
In some diseases, as depicted in this diagram, the latency period is shorter than the incubation period. After the latency period (but before clinical infection) the infected person can transmit the disease without signs of any symptoms. Such infection is called subclinical infection.
Incubation period (also known as the latent period or latency period) is the time elapsed between exposure to a pathogenic organism, a chemical, or radiation, and when symptoms and signs are first apparent. In a typical infectious disease, the incubation period signifies the period taken by the multiplying organism to reach a threshold necessary to produce symptoms in the host.