INCUBATION PERIOD

Definition of incubation period

• time duration between exposure to the pathogen and the appearance of the disease symptoms

• • The period where in general symptoms appear

• • The period between the appearance of symptoms from nonspecific to the more

The incubation period is best described as the interval berween:

• The symptoms first appearing & reaching their peek

• The time between the ingestion or inhaling of the microorganism & the illness begins

• The symptoms first appearing & then disappearing

The incubation period is similar for the disease.

• True

• False

Which of the following is an example of a noncommunicable infectious disease?

• Infection with a respiratory virus

• food poisoning due to a preformed bacterial toxin in food

• skin infection acquired from a dog bite

• infection acquired from the stick of a contaminated needle

Staphylococcus aureus is characterized as:

• Short incubation period

• Medium incubation period

• Longer incubation period

State ONE importance of incubation period to determine the type of food poisoning.