incubation

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They also note that oviraptors likely had longer incubation periods than modern birds.

From Science Daily • Mar. 19, 2026

The meningitis incubation period is up to 14 days, so officials believe there could be more cases to come, according to the BBC's health correspondent Nick Triggle.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

As the prolonged incubation of the disease made it difficult to track and contain, officials quickly turned to vaccination, the researcher said.

From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025

This is the most serious form of the plague and can have an incubation period of just one day.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2025

Doctors performed the operation while he was in the incubation period after his exposure to Ebola.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston