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incubation period [‚iŋ·kyə′bā·shən ‚pir·ē·əd] (medicine) The period of time required for the development of symptoms of a disease after infection, or of altered reactivity after exposure to an allergen. (vertebrate zoology) The brooding period required to bring an egg to hatching. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The proportions of infected persons who would die with disease symptoms are 79% and 37% for the incubation periods of 16 and 50 years, respectively. This makes it difficult to be very specific or clear-cut about a case definition, incubation periods or other characteristics. The chapter on communicable diseases contains information about the incubation periods of common communicable diseases, which may be useful in making administrative decisions in clinical settings. |
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