incubation periods
Disease latency spans
Incubation periods are the intervals between exposure to an infectious agent and the appearance of symptoms.
Different diseases have characteristic incubation periods—COVID-19 typically two to fourteen days, chickenpox ten to twenty-one.
The term extends to any developmental waiting period: The incubation period for the startup was longer than investors expected.
- outbreaksSudden widespread occurrences
- patient zeroFirst documented infection
- infectious diseasePathogen-caused transmissible ailment
- gestationCarrying offspring in womb
- latentPresent but inactive
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- health measuressocial distancing, contact tracing, quarantine, self-isolation, lockdowns
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