【Basic Knowledge of Occupational Health】: The Incubation Period
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This post was last edited by slll611 on 2016-3-31 21:51. What is the incubation period? It’s not the time when Yu Zecheng infiltrated the enemy ranks, do you know that? According to GBZT157-2009 \"Terminology for the Diagnosis of Occupational Diseases\", it refers to the time required for the body to develop the corresponding confirmed health effects (the earliest clinical manifestations) after exposure to occupational disease hazards. Different infectious diseases have varying incubation periods; some last as few as a few hours, such as bacillary dysentery ； Some last for several years, such as AIDS, but the same infectious disease has a fixed incubation period. The incubation period referred to generally is the common (average) incubation period; for example, in the case of mumps, the incubation period can range from 8 days to 30 days, with an average of 18 days. Variations in the incubation period may be related to factors such as the number of pathogens entering the body, their virulence, reproductive capacity, and the body’s resistance. Some patients with infectious diseases can transmit the pathogen already at the end of the incubation period and thus become contagious, such as those with measles and chickenpox.
The incubation period refers to the time from when the pathogen enters the body until the earliest appearance of clinical symptoms. The incubation periods vary in length; some diseases have an incubation period of just a few hours, while others can last for several years. But the same infectious disease has a fixed incubation period.
The incubation period refers to the time from when the pathogen enters the body until the earliest appearance of clinical symptoms. The incubation periods vary in length; some diseases have an incubation period of just a few hours, while others can last for several years. But the same infectious disease has a fixed incubation period