Incubation period of Important Infections
Incubation period of Important Infections
Few Recently Asked Questions on Incubation Period
1.Application of Incubation period is all EXCEPT
a) To differentiate primary cases from secondary cases
b) to find out isolation period
c) to find out the Quarantine Period
d) To prevent infection to the contacts of Infected Persons
2.Incubation period of amoebiasis is
a) 1-2 weeks
b) 2-3 weeks
c) 3-4 weeks
d) 4-6 weeks
3. Incubation period of mumps
a) 5-7 days
b) 8-15 days
c) 14-24 days
d) 24-30 days
4.All of the following are true regarding tetanus EXCEPT
a) Herd immunity is not of much value
b) It is transmitted from person to person
c) The main reservoir is soil and intestine of animals and humans
d) Incubation period is 6-10 days
5.The incubation period of pneumonic plague is usually
a) 1 – 3 days
b) 4 days
c) 6 days
d)1 – 3 month
d)1 – 3 month
6. Shortest incubation period is of
a) influenza
b) hep b
c) hep a
d) rubella
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Incubation Period of Important Infections
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AIDS
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Few Month To 6 Years Or More
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Amoebiasis
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3-4 Weeks
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Bacillary Dysentery
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1-7 Days
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Chicken Pox
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12-21 Days
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Cholera
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Few Hours To 5 Days
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Dengue
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2-7 Days
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Diphtheria
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2-5 Days
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Japanese Encephalitis
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9-12 Days
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Enteric Fever
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10-14 Days
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Gonorrhoea
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2-10 Days
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Hepatitis A
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2 To 6 Weeks
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Hepatitis B
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6 Weeks To 6 Months
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Influenza
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2-3 Days
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Kala-Azar
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3-6 Months
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Leprosy
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3-5 Years
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Leptospirosis
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4-20 days
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Malaria
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8-14 Days
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Measles
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7-14 Days
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Meningococcal Meningitis
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2-10 Days
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Mumps
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2-3 Weeks
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Plague
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1-7 Days
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Poliomyelitis
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3-21 Days
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Rabies
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1-3 Months
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Rubella
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2-3 Weeks
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Syphilis
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9-90days
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Tetanus
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3 Days To 3 Weeks
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Tuberculosis
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Month To Years
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Whooping Cough
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7-14 Days
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