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I demonstrated the characteristics of experimental fever. It appears after an incubation period which is never less than five days. It follows the same pattern as natural fever in man, but is of shorter duration and less pronounced.
Charles Jules Henry Nicole

Meaning of "incubation period" in the English dictionary

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WHAT DOES INCUBATION PERIOD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Incubation period

Incubation 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, incubation period signifies the period taken by the multiplying organism to reach a threshold necessary to produce symptoms in host. In some diseases, as depicted in this diagram, latent period is shorter than incubation period. A person can transmit infection without showing any signs of the disease. Such infection is called subclinical infection. While latent or latency period may be synonymous, a distinction is sometimes made between incubation period, the period between infection and clinical onset of the disease, and latent period, the time from infection to infectiousness. Which is shorter depends on the disease. A person may be a carrier of a disease, such as Streptococcus in the throat, without exhibiting any symptoms. Depending on the disease, the person may or may not be contagious during the incubation period. During clinical latency, an infection is subclinical.

Definition of incubation period in the English dictionary

The definition of incubation period in the dictionary is the time between exposure to an infectious disease and the appearance of the first signs or symptoms Sometimes shortened to: incubation.

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WORDS THAT END LIKE INCUBATION PERIOD

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Synonyms and antonyms of incubation period in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «incubation period» into 25 languages

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The translations of incubation period from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «incubation period» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

潜伏期
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

período de incubación
570 millions of speakers

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incubation period
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ऊष्मायन अवधि
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

فترة الحضانة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Инкубационный период
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

período de incubação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ডিম ফুটতে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

période d´incubation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tempoh pengeraman
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Inkubationszeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

潜伏期間
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

잠복기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Periode inkubasi
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

thời gian ủ bệnh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அடைகாக்கும் காலம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

इनक्यूबेशनचा काळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kuluçka dönemi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

periodo di incubazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

okres inkubacji
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Інкубаційний період
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

perioada de incubare
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

περίοδο επώασης
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

inkubasietydperk
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

inkubationstid
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

inkubasjonstiden
5 millions of speakers

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Charles Jules Henry Nicole
I demonstrated the characteristics of experimental fever. It appears after an incubation period which is never less than five days. It follows the same pattern as natural fever in man, but is of shorter duration and less pronounced.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INCUBATION PERIOD»

Discover the use of incubation period in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to incubation period and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Encyclopedia of Epidemiologic Methods
For example, the incubation period of an infectious disease refers to the time interval between infection or exposure to a viral or bacterial agent and the onset of symptomatic (clinical) disease. The incubation period is also called the clinical  ...
Mitchell H Gail, Jacques Benichou, 2000
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Egg Incubation: Its Effects on Embryonic Development in ...
Incubation temperature is very important in determining rates of embryonic growth and development and to a large extent the length of the incubation period. It also has other effects, as yet predominantly observed in reptiles. Incubation ...
D. Charles Deeming, Mark W. J. Ferguson, 1991
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Understanding Herpes
Incubation Period The incubation period of a contagious disease is the interval between the time when a person is exposed to a disease-causing microbe and the time when he or she first develops signs and symptoms of the illness.
Lawrence Stanberry, 2006
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Introduction to Epidemiology
The incubation period is the time that elapses between inoculation and the appearance of the first signs or symptoms of the disease. In the case of the victim with the mosquito bite, the incubation for malaria is about 15 days (range, 10–35  ...
Ray Merrill, 2010
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Communicable Disease Epidemiology and Control: A Global ...
It is frequently associated with anal intercourse. INCUBATION PERIOD This is 1– 16 weeks. PERIOD OF COMMUNICABILITY It is communicable while open lesions are present, which can be for a considerable period of time in the untreated ...
Roger Webber, 2009
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Cryptosporidium and Cryptosporidiosis, Second Edition
Incubation Period Cryptosporidiosis has an incubation period of around 5 to 7 days. The incubation period is based on studies in which the time of exposure is known and is based on the time or date of onset of symptoms and signs of infection ...
Ronald Fayer, Lihua Xiao, 2007
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Eggs, Nests, and Baby Dinosaurs: A Look at Dinosaur Reproduction
Not surprisingly, the larger the egg, the longer the incubation period. We can approximate the volume of an egg using the formula: V = 0.5 law2 where V = egg volume in cm3, a = egg length in cm, and w = egg width in cm (Williams and others, ...
Kenneth Carpenter, 1999
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Infectious Disease Epidemiology
While in some cases the latent period and the incubation period have the same length, for many diseases this is not the case. Perhaps the most dramatic example of such a discrepancy involves HIV/AIDS, for which the incubation period can ...
Kenrad E. Nelson, Carolyn Masters Williams, 2014
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Basic Epidemiological Methods and Biostatistics: A Practical ...
Similarly, late cases may represent unrelated cases, long- incubation-period cases, secondary cases, or persons exposed later than most of the cases. On the other hand, these outliers sometimes represent miscoded or erroneous data.
Randy M. Page, Galen E. Cole, 1995
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Foodborne Disease Outbreaks: Guidelines for Investigation ...
An epidemic curve with a steep up slope, a more gradual down slope and with a width approximating the average incubation period of the pathogen indicates a point-source outbreak (see Figure 6A). If there is a single source of pathogen but  ...
World Health Organization, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INCUBATION PERIOD»

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Liberia says 4 remaining Ebola patients have recovered - The …
Liberia cannot be declared Ebola transmission-free again until it goes 42 days — twice the maximum incubation period — without any new ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
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Health officials urge hospitals, labs to report vibrio cases - Victoria …
The incubation period for vibrio vulnificus is one to seven days; the incubation period for vibrio parahaemolyticus is two to 48 hours. Common ... «Victoria Advocate, Jul 15»
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State, local health departments team up to combat parasitic... | www …
According to the health department, the incubation period, the time from when you're exposed to when you get sick, is usually a week but could ... «WSB Atlanta, Jul 15»
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Partial shutdown at Samsung Seoul Hospital to be … - English Dong-A
... “If no additional infection occurs until Sunday, when the longest possible incubation period (14 days) among the medical staff who contacted ... «동아일보, Jul 15»
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More than 20,000 pounds of chicken nuggets recalled | FOX CT
Symptoms of Staphylococcal food poisoning can show up in as a little as 30 minutes, though the typical incubation period is one to six hours, ... «FOX CT, Jul 15»
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Dengue season draws to a close in Far North | Cairns Post
Due to the incubation period of the virus, officials need to wait three months since the last reported case to declare an outbreak over. «The Cairns Post, Jul 15»
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Korean health authorities contemplate end to MERS - donga.com …
... should be the date that marks the 28th day (the twice the incubation period of the virus) after all confirmed MERS cases have tested negative. «동아일보, Jul 15»
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Cost saving efforts cause serious health issues in Hawke's Bay
The incubation period of Legionnaires' disease is from two to ten days and for several days, the patient may feel tired and weak. Most patients ... «All About Hawke's Bay, Jul 15»
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Korean gov't close to declaring end to MERS outbreak
He said Korea will most likely make the declaration on August 2nd, which will be 28 days, or twice the incubation period of the virus, after the ... «Arirang News, Jul 15»
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Gonorrhea Diagnostics Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size …
The incubation period for this disease also varies between men and women. In men, the symptoms occur between 2 to 14 days whereas in ... «Medgadget.com, Jul 15»

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