Incubation period
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Moore C, Bell D, Incubation period. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 26 Jan 2025) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-74781
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5 Mar 2020,
Candace Makeda Moore
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- Incubation periods
- Incubation time
- Latent period
The epidemiological term, the incubation period (IP) is the time between exposure to something pathogenic (including radiation, microbes or chemicals) and when the pathology first becomes apparent by symptoms. Some authors use the terms latent period and incubation period to mean the same period of time. Patients with an infectious disease during its incubation period may or may not be contagious depending upon the characteristics of the specific disease.
References
- 1. ARMENIAN, HAROUTUNE K., LILIENFELD, ABRAHAM M.. INCUBATION PERIOD OF DISEASE. (1983) Epidemiologic Reviews. 5 (1): 1. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.epirev.a036254 - Pubmed
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