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Such infection is called subclinical infection. Incubation period (also known as the latent period or latency period) is the time elapsed between exposure to a pathogenic organism, a chemical, or radiation, and when symptoms and signs are first apparent. [1]
Typically, infection with an AIV has an incubation period of 3–5 days but can be up to 9 days. H5N1 and H7N9 cause severe lower respiratory tract illness, whereas other AIVs such as H9N2 cause a more mild upper respiratory tract illness, commonly with conjunctivitis. [1]
Adenovirus infection can also cause adenoviral keratoconjunctivitis. [2] Typically one eye is affected after an incubation period of up to a week. [2] The eye becomes itchy, painful, burning and reddish and lymphadenopathy may be felt by the ear nearest the affected eye. [2] The symptoms may last around 10 days to three weeks. [2]
The incubation period. This is the period of time from when you’re exposed to the flu virus to when you develop symptoms. It usually lasts two days. The contagious period. People with the flu ...
Still, having a better sense of the incubation period for COVID-19—and how long people exposed to the virus should expect to stay under quarantine—is an important step in our efforts to slow ...
The relationship between the latent period, the infectious period (the period of communicability) and the incubation period. In some diseases, as depicted in this diagram, the latent period is shorter than the incubation period. A person can transmit an infection without showing any signs of the disease.
The outbreak now seems to have slowed, with Nov 29 marking 28 days without a new case and 22 days since the last patient was discharged from hospital, although there is long incubation period ...
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), [a] also called human respiratory syncytial virus (hRSV) and human orthopneumovirus, is a virus that causes infections of the respiratory tract. It is a negative-sense, single-stranded RNA virus. [2] Its name is derived from the large cells known as syncytia that form when infected cells fuse. [2] [3]