Incubation period definition

Incubation period means the time interval between exposure to an infectious agent and appearance of the first sign or symptom of the disease in question.
Incubation period means the time between catching the virus and beginning to have symptoms of the disease. The current estimates of the incubation period for COVID-19 range from 1-12.5 days, most commonly around 5-6 days.
Incubation period means the time between catching the virus and beginning to have symptoms of the disease. Most estimates of the incubation period for COVID-19 range from 1-14 days, most commonly around five days. These estimates will be updated as more data become available.

Examples of Incubation period in a sentence

  • Incubation period of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infections among travellers from Wuhan, China, 20–28 January 2020.

  • Incubation period of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infections among travellers from Wuhan, China, 20-28 January 2020.

  • Wallinga, 2020 Incubation period of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infections among travellers from Wuhan, China, 20–28 January 2020.

  • The Incubation period permitted shall be of 30 days from the date of issue of allotment letter (excluding the date of issue of Allotment letter) & the same shall not be extendable.

  • Incubation period of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019- nCoV) infections among travellers from Wuhan, China, 20–28 January 2020.


More Definitions of Incubation period

Incubation period means the time interval between exposure to an infectious
Incubation period means the time interval between exposure to a disease organism and the appearance of the first symptoms of the resulting disease.
Incubation period means a maximum period of 21 days that takes place between the probable date of infection and the occurrence of clinical signs of avian influenza;
Incubation period means the period between exposure to an infection and the appearance of the first symptoms of a disease.
Incubation period means the period of time likely to elapse between exposure to the agent of disease and the onset of clinical symptoms,
Incubation period means a period of one year calculated from the effective Date of this Agreement. OR ‘Incubation period’ means a tenure of contract hereto and is for the period of one year, which is calculated from the effective date hereof (Agreement).
Incubation period means the period between the implanting of disease organisms in a susceptible person and the appearance of clinical manifestations of the disease.