Period of incubation

Related to Period of incubation: latent period
(Med.) the period which elapses between exposure to the causes of an infectious disease and the attack resulting from it; the time during which an infective agent must grow in the body before producing overt symptoms of disease.

See also: Incubation

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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Coming from eggs in which they have lain for five years, the period of incubation, they step forth into the world perfectly developed except in size.
In addition to these measures, government will also support township and rural economies by implementing a special dispensation or a set-aside in the awarding of medium and long-term contracts to small businesses and cooperatives, and allow for a period of incubation and other support to help reduce their failure rate.
After specific period of incubation, antimicrobial activity was determined by agar plate disc diffusion method.
The pH, COD, TSCFA concentrations were influenced by period of incubation (p<0.01).
For the almost one-month period of incubation, the hen had no social life.
The effect of the essential oils in direct contact with the pathogen also varied over the long period of incubation, for inhibition of 50% of the spore germination ([CL.sub.50]).
Results: At 37AoC of incubation after 24h, 10.5% of the total studied samples were positive for MRSA while another 12% samples showed positive results with an extended period of incubation upto 48 h on CMRSA plates.
The symptoms of bacterial canker were observed in all cultivars, for all the tested temperatures, with the period of incubation (PI) varying according to genotype and temperature (Table 1).
The questionnaire also included specific questions exploring the knowledge, such as rate of mortality, period of incubation, and way of spreading.
During entire period of incubation accumulated CO2 was trapped and recorded using alkali absorption method.
After an initial period of incubation, the institute has reportedly begun preliminary training for around 100,000 of Dubai's blue collar workers - representing the first phase of its activities.
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