Incubation period

The incubation period (lat. incubare = hatching ) is a term used in Infectious Diseases and describes the time that elapses between infection with a pathogen and the onset of symptoms. The incubation period may be dependent on the disease, between a few hours and a few decades. This depends on how different rates and in a specific way, the corresponding pathogen in the body multiply ( temperance, virulence ).

Poisoning in this phase is called latency.

  • The polio virus multiplies in lymphoid tissues of the digestive tract ( enterovirus ). After one to two weeks, it may then lead to non-specific symptoms such as fever and body aches; This is the incubation time. About half a week later can then follow the full clinical picture of poliomyelitis.
  • For rabies, the duration of the incubation period of the location of the bite depends on to which the virus has been transmitted. The longer path to be along the peripheral nerves to the brain, the longer the incubation period.
  • Local infections have a correspondingly short incubation period.

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  • Infectious Diseases
  • Period of time
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