A client has been exposed to an infectious organism but has no clinical manifestations of disease. The nurse cautions the client that this period of time is the
A) cell gap.
B) immune response.
C) infection curve.
D) latent period.

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The period when a pathogen is replicating but before it can be shed from the host is called the latent period.

A Client Has Been Exposed to an Infectious Organism but Has