incubation period
noun
: the period between the infection of an individual by a pathogen and the manifestation of the illness or disease it causes
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The incubation period for the virus is between two and 21 days.
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Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
That said, the incubation period for E. coli is only a couple of days, so illness would be quickly apparent to anyone affected, said Donald Schaffner, a food safety expert at Rutgers University.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 23 Oct. 2024
That longer incubation period has allowed Holmes to find new staff to help run and maintain the kitchen, as well as tinker and ready new items for the menu.
—Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2024
Not coincidentally, the 1990s were also a period of Islamist insurgency in Egypt and Algeria and the incubation period for al Qaeda.
—Marc Lynch, Foreign Affairs, 26 July 2022
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Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
That said, the incubation period for E. coli is only a couple of days, so illness would be quickly apparent to anyone affected, said Donald Schaffner, a food safety expert at Rutgers University.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 23 Oct. 2024
That longer incubation period has allowed Holmes to find new staff to help run and maintain the kitchen, as well as tinker and ready new items for the menu.
—Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2024
Not coincidentally, the 1990s were also a period of Islamist insurgency in Egypt and Algeria and the incubation period for al Qaeda.
—Marc Lynch, Foreign Affairs, 26 July 2022
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incubation period
noun
: the period between the infection of an individual by a pathogen and the manifestation of the disease it causes
Mono, which has an incubation period of 30 to 50 days, characteristically announces itself with headaches, fever, sore throat, tonsillitis, and extreme fatigue.—Your Health & Fitness
Your Health & FitnessQuarantines worked to control the SARS epidemic because SARS is much less contagious than flu and has a longer incubation period.—Christine Gorman, Time
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