incubation period

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The incubation period (from Latin incubatio , "hatching, incubation", from Latin incubare , "hatch" ) is a term from infectiology and describes the time that passes between infection with a pathogen and the appearance of the first symptoms . The incubation period can be between a few hours and a few years , depending on the disease . This depends on how quickly and in what specific way the corresponding pathogens multiply in the body ( temper , virulence ), how they affect the body, or when symptoms are first noticed.

In the case of poisoning , this phase is called the latency period ; in the case of infections, on the other hand, the latency period denotes the interval between infection and the onset of infectivity .

Examples
  • The poliovirus multiplies in the lymphatic tissue of the digestive tract ( enterovirus ). After one to two weeks, unspecific symptoms such as fever and body aches can occur; this is then the incubation period. About half a week later, the full clinical picture of polio can follow.
  • In rabies , the length of the incubation period depends on the location of the bite that was used to transmit the virus . The longer it travels along the peripheral nerves into the brain , the longer the incubation period.
  • Local infections have a correspondingly short incubation period.

Incubation periods of some human infectious diseases

illness between and Time unit comment
Adult T-cell leukemia 60 0more 00Years
cholera , 000.5 , 0004.5 00Days
COVID-19 01 014 (27) 00Days On average (median) 5 to 6 days
Dengue fever 03 014th 00Days An average of 4 to 7 days
diphtheria 01 010 00Days An average of 2 to 5 days
Ebola fever 02 021st 00Days Most often between 8 and 10 days
Typhus 10 014th 00Days
Gonorrhea - gonorrhea 02 3-5 00Days
Influenza flu 01 004th 00Days Average of 2 days
Hepatitis A 14th 028 00Days
Hepatitis B. 30th 180 00Days 75 days on average
Hepatitis C. 14th 180 00Days
Meningitis - inflammation of the meninges 02 010 00Days Average of 4 days
HIV 21st 042 00Days
Whooping cough - pertussis 06th 020th 00Days Usually 9 to 10 days
poliomyelitis 03 035 00Days Usually 7 to 14 days
leprosy , 000.5 005 00Years Can also be up to 20 years.
Quartana malaria 16 050 00Days
Malaria tertiana 12 018th 00Days The incubation period can also be several months.
Malaria tropica 10 015th 00Days
Marburg fever 03 009 00Days
measles 8-10 10-12 00Days
Skin anthrax 01 007th 00Days
Pulmonary anthrax 01 007th 00Days Can also be up to 2 months
Intestinal anthrax 1-3 007th 00Days
mumps 12 025th 00Days 16 to 18 days on average
Plague - bubonic plague 01 007th 00Days
Plague - pulmonary plague 01 003 00Days
Ringlet rubella 04th 014th 00Days
rubella 14th 021st 00Days
Relapsing fever 01 014th 00Days Often around 5 days
Dysentery - amoebic dysentery 01 007th 00Days
Dysentery - bacterial dysentery 02 007th 00Days
Scarlet fever 02 004th 00Days
syphilis 10 090 00Days Average of 21 days
rabies 30th 090 00Days Can also be anywhere from a week to a year.
tuberculosis 14th 070 00Days
typhus 07th 021st 00Days Extreme values ​​between 3 and 60 days
chickenpox 10 021st 00Days Usually 14 to 17 days
Tetanus - tetanus 03 021st 00Days

Web links

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