How to Use incubation period in a Sentence

incubation period

noun
  • The virus is believed to have a two-week incubation period.
    Jim MacKinnon, Cincinnati.com, 3 Feb. 2020
  • That's believed to be the incubation period of the virus.
    Sara Cline, ExpressNews.com, 8 Feb. 2020
  • The incubation period of the virus is believed to be 14 days.
    Emiko Jozuka, CNN, 18 Feb. 2020
  • Initial tests all came back negative but the virus has an incubation period of as long as 14 days.
    Anna Fifield, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2020
  • Rabies can also have a longer incubation period in humans.
    Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 12 July 2024
  • The passengers were screened before transport and will be monitored for signs of the virus for two weeks, which is thought to be the virus’s incubation period.
    Anna Almendrala, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2020
  • Anxiety is growing amid evidence that the disease has an incubation period of as long as two weeks before those infected start to show symptoms.
    Fortune, 28 Jan. 2020
  • The problem is the coronavirus’ long incubation period.
    Alexandria Williams, Quartz Africa, 28 Jan. 2020
  • What’s not known yet is the virus’s incubation period -- how long for symptoms to show after someone contracts the virus -- and the window of contagion -- how long the virus is contagious.
    Emily Bamforth, cleveland, 28 Jan. 2020
  • Another factor to consider is the virus' incubation period.
    Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 1 Feb. 2020
  • The idea is to get past the incubation period of the virus and limit the spread of an outbreak.
    Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Sep. 2020
  • But the effects of the protests may not be seen for weeks due to the incubation period the virus poses.
    Rebecca Hennes, Houston Chronicle, 9 June 2020
  • The incubation period for the virus can be up to 14 days.
    Guy Boulton, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Nov. 2020
  • The idea is to get past the incubation period of the virus and limit further spread.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Oct. 2020
  • The incubation period seems to be 2 to 12 days, more or less.
    Jennifer Couzin-Frankel, Science | AAAS, 2 Oct. 2020
  • Males defend the female and the nest through most of the incubation period.
    Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 27 Dec. 2023
  • And then, students should do their work online for two weeks, the incubation period of the virus.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Sep. 2020
  • But the rapid tests were far from foolproof and were sometimes foiled by the virus' lengthy incubation period.
    Jonathan Lemire, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Oct. 2020
  • There is an incubation period of some seven to 14 days, the CDC said.
    Forrest Brown, CNN, 7 June 2022
  • The virus is thought to have an incubation period that can last as long as 14 days, though is often between four and five days.
    Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 15 June 2020
  • Their parent strain, BA.5, was said to have an incubation period of three to five days.
    Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2022
  • The head of the agency said that will put them three weeks out from the last round of reopenings — and the virus’ typical incubation period.
    Chronicle Staff, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Apr. 2021
  • The incubation period, the time between exposure to the virus and the onset of symptoms, passed two weeks ago.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2021
  • The incubation period for the disease is anywhere from 2 days to three weeks, according to the WHO.
    Staff and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2023
  • The incubation period — the period from infection to the start of symptoms — is as short as two days to as long as three weeks.
    Katia Hetter, CNN, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Wooten said that now that the two-week incubation period for the virus has passed, such an increase is unlikely.
    Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2020
  • Measles also has a long incubation period, which means that someone could have measles and not know it for as long as two or three weeks.
    Katia Hetter, CNN, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The state park will be used to isolate those who may have caught the virus and need to be kept away from the public during the strain’s weekslong incubation period.
    Madison Dibble, Washington Examiner, 11 Mar. 2020
  • The incubation period for Covid-19 is at least two days.
    Faye Chiu, CNN, 28 Dec. 2022
  • The incubation period is three to 17 days, when there may be no other symptoms.
    Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 8 July 2024

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