Incubation Periods For some Diseases

Incubation Periods For some Diseases

Diseases

Incubation period

Influenza

1 to 3 days

Anthrax

1 to 3 days

Cholera

1 to 5 days

Bacillary Dysentery

1 to 7 days

Diptheria

2 to 5 days

Plague

2 to 6 days

Typhoid

5 days

Yellow fever

3 to 10 days

Dengue

3 to 15 days

Tetanus

3 to 21 days

Measles

10 days

Leptospirosis

10 days

Malaria

10 days above ( 14 to 15 Vivax 12 Falciparum)

Pertussis

7 to 14 days

Polio

7 to 14 days and above

Q.fever

7 to 14 days and above

Typhus

12- 14 days

Chickenpox

2 to 3 weeks

Rubella

2 to 3 weeks ( 18 days)

Mumps

2 to 3 weeks ( 18 days)

Bartenellosis

2 to 3 weeks

Brucellosis

3 weeks

Amoebiasis

3 to 4 weeks

Yaws

3 to 4 weeks

Hepatitis-A

15 to 50 days

Hepatitis- B

50 to 160 days

Tuberculosis

Weeks to Months

Sleeping Sickness

Weeks to Year

Kala-Azar

1 to 3 Months ( 10 days to 1 year)

Filariasis

5 to 8 months

LoaLoa

1 year

Elephantiasis

10 years