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Incubation Period

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Time between pathogen exposure and symptom onset.

The time between exposure to a pathogen and the onset of symptoms. The CDC explains that the incubation period varies by disease—e.g., 1-4 days for influenza, 2-14 days for COVID-19—during which a person may be asymptomatic but contagious.