incubation
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Given the weeklong average incubation period, Michigan data suggests that:
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
These contacts were isolated for an incubation period of 21 days.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Tracing its source poses particular difficulties for two reasons: an incubation period of up to two weeks before symptoms first appear, and lack of a genetic fingerprint, unlike, say, E. coli.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026
The incubation period ranges from 2 to 21 days.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 22, 2026
Despite the din, she slipped into the trance of incubation, this time more deeply than before.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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