Incubation Periods

Submitted by amh10 on 7 March, 2007 - 20:28

Here are the incubation periods of some common viruses:

  • Hep A: 30 days
  • Hep B: 60-90 days
  • Hep C: 6-7 weeks
  • Hep E: 40 days
  • HSV 1/2: 2- 7 days
  • VZV: 14-21 days
    • infectious from 2 days before to the point at which all of the leisons have crusted over and no new leisons form.
  • EBV(HHV-4):
  • Parvo B19: 13-18 days
    • 10 days pre to the onset of the rash
  • Picornaviruses (e.g. polio, coxsackie, echo): 3-5 days
  • Calcivirus (e.g. noro): 1-2 days
  • Flu A:
    • viral shedding from 1 day before to 8-10 days after onset of Sx
  • Rhinovirus: 2 days
  • Coronaviruses: 3 days
  • Measles: 9 days
  • Rubella :1-2 weeks
    • Infectious from 7 days pre to 10 days post onset of rash
  • Arboviruses: 4-7 days
  • Hantavirus: 2-4 weeks
  • Arenaviruses (cause LCM <>): 6-14 days
  • Filovirus (ebola): 4-16 days

AMH

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