Medical Science · Epidemiology
The incubation period of an infectious disease is best defined as the:
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- 1Total duration an infected individual remains contagious to others.
- 2Time between when a person is exposed to a pathogen and when a diagnostic test can accurately detect it.
- 3Time elapsed between exposure to a pathogen and the first appearance of signs and symptoms.✓
- 4Time elapsed between the first apparent sign to the indirect or direct transmission of pathogenic agents to another host.
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Time elapsed between exposure to a pathogen and the first appearance of signs and symptoms.
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