Introduction to Epidemiology 6th Edition by Ray M Merrill

Exercise 6

Choose five infectious diseases and identify the typical incubation periods for these diseases.

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In the presymptomatic stage, the host is in contact with the pathogen and there are many pathologic changes that might occur in him or her but they are not the signs and symptoms of diseases. This is usually known as the incubation period in which pathogen starts adapting to the environment of the body.