බීජෞෂණ සමය

In some diseases, as depicted in this diagram, latent period is shorter than incubation period. A person can transmit infection without showing any signs of the disease. Such infection is called subclinical infection.

බීජෞෂණ සමය(ඉංග්‍රීසි:Incubation period) යනු යම්pathogenicorganism,රසායනික ද්‍රව්‍යයකටහෝවිකිරණයකටහෝ නිරාවරණය (exposure) සිට රෝග ලක්ෂණ පහලවීම දක්වා වන කාලයයි.

ආශ්‍රිත

• Gestation period
• Prodrome
• නිරෝධායනය
• Window period,the time between infection and when lab tests can identify the infection. The window period may be longer or shorter than the incubation period.