Latent period? Incubation period?
The description for "incubation period of influenza" is not the same as the definition for the "incubation period" on the same graph. The end point of the incubation period is the onset of clinical symptoms, whereas the end point in this description is the onset of infectiousness.
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Controlling Infectious Diseases »Controlling Infectious Diseases
Diseases »Diseases
Influenza »Influenza
Background about Flu »Background about Flu
Natural history of infection of influenza »Natural history of infection of influenza
Incubation period of influenza »Incubation period of influenza
Latent period? Incubation period?
Latent period »Latent period
Infectiousness can precede clinical disease by approximately one day »Infectiousness can precede clinical disease by approximately one day
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