enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Dormancy - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dormancy

    Predictive dormancy occurs when an organism enters a dormant phase before the onset of adverse conditions. For example, photoperiod and decreasing temperature are used by many plants to predict the onset of winter. Consequential dormancy occurs when organisms enter a dormant phase after adverse conditions have arisen. This is commonly found in ...

  3. Virus latency - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virus_latency

    Virus latency (or viral latency) is the ability of a pathogenic virus to lie dormant within a cell, denoted as the lysogenic part of the viral life cycle. [1] A latent viral infection is a type of persistent viral infection which is distinguished from a chronic viral infection. Latency is the phase in certain viruses' life cycles in which ...

  4. Latent period (epidemiology) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latent_period_(epidemiology)

    In epidemiology, particularly in the discussion of infectious disease dynamics (modeling), the latent period (also known as the latency period or the pre-infectious period) is the time interval between when an individual or host is infected by a pathogen and when that individual becomes infectious, i.e. capable of transmitting pathogens to ...

  5. Infection - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infection

    An infection that is inactive or dormant is called a latent infection. [54] An example of a latent bacterial infection is latent tuberculosis . Some viral infections can also be latent, examples of latent viral infections are any of those from the Herpesviridae family.

  6. Incubation period - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incubation_period

    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]

  7. Latent tuberculosis - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latent_tuberculosis

    Latent tuberculosis will convert to active tuberculosis in 10% of cases (or more in cases of immune compromised patients). Taking medication for latent tuberculosis is recommended by many doctors. [29] In the U.S., the standard treatment is nine months of isoniazid, but this regimen is not widely used outside of the US. [citation needed]

  8. A former Delaware bank teller is accused of stealing $81,000 ...

    www.aol.com/finance/former-delaware-bank-teller...

    In the course of his theft, Chatt specifically targeted dormant accounts, meaning accounts with no activity for an extended period of time. Between December 2023 and November 2024, Chatt created ...

  9. Cancer dormancy - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_dormancy

    Disseminating cancer cells can proliferate or become dormant depending on the microenvironment and factors such as the ERK/p38 ratio. Dormancy is a stage in cancer progression where the cells cease dividing but survive in a quiescent state while waiting for appropriate environmental conditions to begin proliferation again. [ 1 ]