Editing Incubation period (section)

== Examples for diseases in humans ==
Due to inter-individual variation, the incubation period is always expressed as a range. When possible, it is best to express the mean and the 10th and 90th percentiles, though this information is not always available.

For many conditions, incubation periods are longer in adults than they are in children or infants.

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| [[Cellulitis]] caused by ''[[Pasteurella multocida]]'' ||0 days<ref>[http://kidshealth.org/parent/infections/skin/cellulitis.html Cellulitis], kidshealth.org. Accessed 2012-05-28.</ref>||1 day
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| [[Chickenpox|Chicken pox]] ||9 days<ref>{{Cite journal |date=March 22, 2020 |title=Chickenpox: Practice Essentials, Background, Pathophysiology |url=https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1131785-overview |via=eMedicine}}</ref>||21 days
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| [[Cholera]]  ||0.5 days<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Azman |first1=Andrew S. |last2=Rudolph |first2=Kara E. |last3=Cummings |first3=Derek A.T. |last4=Lessler |first4=Justin |year=2013 |title=The incubation period of cholera: A systematic review |journal=Journal of Infection |volume=66 |issue=5 |pages=432–8 |doi=10.1016/j.jinf.2012.11.013 |pmc=3677557 |pmid=23201968}}</ref>||4.5 days
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| [[Common cold]] ||1 day<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Lessler |first1=Justin |last2=Reich |first2=Nicholas G |last3=Brookmeyer |first3=Ron |last4=Perl |first4=Trish M |last5=Nelson |first5=Kenrad E |last6=Cummings |first6=Derek AT |year=2009 |title=Incubation periods of acute respiratory viral infections: A systematic review |journal=The Lancet Infectious Diseases |volume=9 |issue=5 |pages=291–300 |doi=10.1016/S1473-3099(09)70069-6 |pmc=4327893 |pmid=19393959}}</ref><ref>[http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/common-cold/DS00056/DSECTION=symptoms Common cold], The [[Mayo Clinic]], mayoclinic.com. Accessed 2012-05-28.</ref>||3 days
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| [[COVID-19]] ||2 days <ref>{{cite journal |last1=Linton |first1=Natalie M. |last2=Kobayashi |first2=Tetsuro G |last3=Yang |first3=Yichi |last4=Hayashi |first4=Katsuma M |last5=Akhmetzhanov |first5=Andrei R. E |last6=Jung |first6=Sung-mok |last7=Yuan |first7=Baoyin |last8=Kinoshita |first8=Ryo |last9=Nishiura1 |first9=Hiroshi |year=2020 |title=Incubation Period and Other Epidemiological Characteristics of 2019 Novel Coronavirus Infections with Right Truncation: A Statistical Analysis of Publicly Available Case Data |journal=J Clin Med |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=538 |doi=10.3390/jcm9020538 |pmc=7074197 |pmid=32079150 |doi-access=free}}</ref>||11.5<ref>{{Cite journal|title=The Incubation Period of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) From Publicly Reported Confirmed Cases: Estimation and Application|first1=Stephen A.|last1=Lauer|first2=Kyra H.|last2=Grantz|first3=Qifang|last3=Bi|first4=Forrest K.|last4=Jones|first5=Qulu|last5=Zheng|first6=Hannah R.|last6=Meredith|first7=Andrew S.|last7=Azman|first8=Nicholas G.|last8=Reich|first9=Justin|last9=Lessler|date=March 10, 2020|journal=Annals of Internal Medicine|volume=172|issue=9|pages=577–582|doi=10.7326/M20-0504|pmid=32150748|pmc=7081172}}</ref>/12.5<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Early Transmission Dynamics in Wuhan, China, of Novel Coronavirus–Infected Pneumonia|first1=Qun|last1=Li|first2=Xuhua|last2=Guan|first3=Peng|last3=Wu|first4=Xiaoye|last4=Wang|first5=Lei|last5=Zhou|first6=Yeqing|last6=Tong|first7=Ruiqi|last7=Ren|first8=Kathy S.M.|last8=Leung|first9=Eric H.Y.|last9=Lau|first10=Jessica Y.|last10=Wong|first11=Xuesen|last11=Xing|first12=Nijuan|last12=Xiang|first13=Yang|last13=Wu|first14=Chao|last14=Li|first15=Qi|last15=Chen|first16=Dan|last16=Li|first17=Tian|last17=Liu|first18=Jing|last18=Zhao|first19=Man|last19=Liu|first20=Wenxiao|last20=Tu|first21=Chuding|last21=Chen|first22=Lianmei|last22=Jin|first23=Rui|last23=Yang|first24=Qi|last24=Wang|first25=Suhua|last25=Zhou|first26=Rui|last26=Wang|first27=Hui|last27=Liu|first28=Yinbo|last28=Luo|first29=Yuan|last29=Liu|first30=Ge|last30=Shao|first31=Huan|last31=Li|first32=Zhongfa|last32=Tao|first33=Yang|last33=Yang|first34=Zhiqiang|last34=Deng|first35=Boxi|last35=Liu|first36=Zhitao|last36=Ma|first37=Yanping|last37=Zhang|first38=Guoqing|last38=Shi|first39=Tommy T.Y.|last39=Lam|first40=Joseph T.|last40=Wu|first41=George F.|last41=Gao|first42=Benjamin J.|last42=Cowling|first43=Bo|last43=Yang|first44=Gabriel M.|last44=Leung|first45=Zijian|last45=Feng|date=March 26, 2020|journal=New England Journal of Medicine|volume=382|issue=13|pages=1199–1207|doi=10.1056/NEJMoa2001316|pmid=31995857|pmc=7121484}}</ref>/14 days
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| [[Dengue fever]] ||3 days<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Gubler |first1=D. J. |year=1998 |title=Dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever |journal=Clinical Microbiology Reviews |volume=11 |issue=3 |pages=480–96 |doi=10.1128/CMR.11.3.480 |pmc=88892 |pmid=9665979}}</ref>||14 days
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| [[Ebola virus disease|Ebola]] ||1 day<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20141014192416/http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/ebola/14-october-2014/en/ Are the Ebola outbreaks in Nigeria and Senegal over?], World Health Organization, who.int. Accessed 2014-10-21.</ref>||21 (95%), 42 (98%) days

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| [[Fifth disease|Erythema infectiosum]] (Fifth disease) ||13 days<ref>{{EMedicine|article|801732|Erythema Infectiosum}}</ref>||18 days
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| [[Giardia]] ||3 days ||21 days
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| [[HIV]] ||data-sort-value="14"|2 weeks to months, or longer<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kahn |first1=James O. |last2=Walker |first2=Bruce D. |year=1998 |title=Acute Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Infection |journal=New England Journal of Medicine |volume=339 |issue=1 |pages=33–9 |doi=10.1056/NEJM199807023390107 |pmid=9647878}}</ref>||data-sort-value="21"|3 weeks to months, or longer
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| [[Infectious mononucleosis]] (glandular fever) ||28 days<ref>Macnair, Trisha, [https://www.bbc.co.uk/health/physical_health/conditions/glandularfever2.shtml Glandular fever], [[BBC]], bbc.co.uk. Accessed 2012-05-28.</ref>||42 days
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| [[Influenza]]  ||1 day<ref>[https://www.cdc.gov/flu/ Seasonal Influenza (Flu)], Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cdc.gov. Accessed 2012-05-28.</ref>||3 days
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| [[Kuru (disease)|Kuru disease]] ||data-sort-value="3760"|10.3 years (mean)<ref name="pmid12094094">{{cite journal |last1=Huillard d'Aignaux |first1=J. N. |last2=Cousens |first2=S. N. |last3=MacCario |first3=J |last4=Costagliola |first4=D |last5=Alpers |first5=M. P. |last6=Smith |first6=P. G. |last7=Alpérovitch |first7=A |year=2002 |title=The incubation period of kuru |journal=Epidemiology |volume=13 |issue=4 |pages=402–8 |doi=10.1097/00001648-200207000-00007 |pmid=12094094 |s2cid=22810508 |doi-access=free}}</ref>||data-sort-value="4820"|13.2 years
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| [[Leprosy]] ||data-sort-value="365"|1 year<ref>{{cite web |date=January 2014 |title=Leprosy Fact sheet N°101 |url=https://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs101/en/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212084309/http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs101/en/ |archive-date=2013-12-12 |work=World Health Organization}}</ref>||data-sort-value="7300"|20 or more years
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| [[Marburg virus disease|Marburg]] ||5 days<ref>[https://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/spb/mnpages/dispages/marburg/qa.htm Questions and Answers About Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303210321/http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/spb/mnpages/dispages/marburg/qa.htm|date=2016-03-03}}, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cdc.gov. Accessed 2012-05-28.</ref>||10 days
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| [[Measles]] ||9 days<ref>[http://www.aocd.org/skin/dermatologic_diseases/measles.html Measles], American Osteopathic College of Dermatology, aocd.org. Accessed 2012-05-28.</ref>||12 days
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| [[MERS]] ||2 days<ref name="CDC MERS Incubation">{{cite web |date=2 August 2019 |title=MERS Clinical Features |url=https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/mers/clinical-features.html |access-date=22 March 2020 |website=CDC.gov |publisher=CDC}}</ref>||14 days
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| [[Mumps]] ||14 days<ref>[http://www.vaccineinformation.org/mumps/qandadis.asp Mumps Disease, Questions & Answers] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071120094122/http://www.vaccineinformation.org/mumps/qandadis.asp|date=2007-11-20}}, vaccineinformation.org. Accessed 2012-05-28.</ref>||18 days
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| [[Norovirus]] ||1 day<ref>[https://www.cdc.gov/norovirus/index.html Norovirus], [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]], cdc.gov. Accessed 2012-05-28.</ref>||2 days
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| [[Pertussis]] (whooping cough) ||7 days<ref>[http://www.gpnotebook.co.uk/simplepage.cfm?ID=-1751515131 Pertussis], GPnotebook, gpnotebook.co.uk. Accessed 2012-05-28.</ref>||14 days
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| [[Poliomyelitis|Polio]] ||7 days<ref>[http://www.gpnotebook.co.uk/simplepage.cfm?ID=1765081109 Polio], [[GPnotebook]], gpnotebook.co.uk. Accessed 2012-05-28.</ref>||14 days
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| [[Rabies]] ||1 months, but may vary from <1 week to rarely >1 year.<ref>{{cite web |title=WHO - Rabies |url=https://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs099/en/ |work=who.int}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=April 2018 |title=Rabies vaccines: WHO position paper – April 2018 |url=https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/272372/WER9316-201-219.pdf |website=[[WHO]] |via=apps.who.int}}</ref>||3 months
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| [[Rocky Mountain spotted fever]] ||2 days<ref>[http://dermatology.about.com/cs/infectionbacteria/a/rmsf.htm Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053452/http://dermatology.about.com/cs/infectionbacteria/a/rmsf.htm |date=2016-03-04 }}, About.com. Accessed 2012-05-28.</ref>||14 days
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| [[Exanthema subitum|Roseola]] ||5 days<ref>{{EMedicine|article|1133023|Roseola Infantum}}</ref>||15 days
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| [[Rubella]] (German measles) ||14 days<ref name=":0">{{EMedicine|article|1133108|Dermatologic Manifestations of Rubella}}</ref>||21 days
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| [[Salmonella]] ||12 days<ref name=":0" />||24 days
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| [[Scarlet fever]] ||1 day<ref>{{EMedicine|article|1053253|Scarlet Fever}}</ref>||4 days
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| [[Severe acute respiratory syndrome|SARS]] ||1 day<ref>[[World Health Organization]] (WHO), [https://www.who.int/topics/sars/en/ Severe acute respiratory syndrome], www.who.int. Accessed 2012-05-28.</ref>||10 days
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| [[Smallpox]] ||7 days<ref>[http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/smallpox/overview/disease-facts.asp Smallpox Disease Overview] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402220850/http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/smallpox/overview/disease-facts.asp|date=2013-04-02}}, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cdc.gov. Accessed 2012-05-28.</ref>||17 days
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| [[Tetanus]] ||7 days<ref>{{EMedicine|article|229594|Tetanus}}</ref>||21 days
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| [[Tuberculosis]] ||data-sort-value="14"|2 weeks<ref name="MedicineNet TB Incubation">{{cite web |title=Tuberculosis (TB) |url=https://www.medicinenet.com/tuberculosis_tb_facts/article.htm#how_do_physicians_diagnose_tuberculosis_what_is_involved_with_tb_testing |access-date=22 March 2020 |website=MedicineNet }}</ref>||data-sort-value="84"|12 weeks
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| [[Typhoid]] ||7 days ||21 days
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