0 the period of time between harmful bacteria or viruses entering a person's or animal's body, or entering a plant, and the effects of a disease appearing:
Smallpox has a seven- to 17-day incubation period.
Each micro-organism has an entry detailing its origin, date of discovery, transmission route, incubation period, and curative treatment.
If a person is bitten by an infected mosquito, the incubation period for West Nile virus is five to 15 days.
All these degenerative diseases of the central nervous system have long incubation periods, often measured in years.
No information on incubation period was available and no carriers were identified.
The mean incubation period was reported to be 6.4 days [10].
The percentage reduction of gastrointestinal nematode larvae in the treated group after a 7-day incubation period reached 36% during the second day post-inoculation.
A smaller time unit might have suffered from variations of incubation period.
