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... > contexts > population characteristics > health > public health > epidemiology > medical care and research > latency and incubation periods

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latency and incubation periods  

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  • The starting point of a communicable disease is the exposure of the host to the infectious agent. When communicable diseases are considered as a whole, two different processes have to be distinguished in their evolution over time: infectiveness and disease. [Source: Encyclopedia of Epidemiology; Latency and Incubation Periods]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-XSKVKJWG-R

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