Lets know the Incubation periods of common diseases we know about. These are the common list of communicable disease and STIs you should know. They are helpful for the medical person like doctors, staff nurses, paramedics as well as the students.
Incubation periods of common diseases.
1.Chicken pox (14-16 days)
2.Measles 10- 14 day
3.Rubella 14-21 day
4.Mumps 14- 21 day
5.Influnza 18 -72 hours
6.Syphillis 9- 90day
7.Cholera hours to 5 day
8.Typhoid 10 -14 day
9.Rabies 3- 8 weeks
10. JE 5-15 day
11. Diphtheria 2-6 day
12. Whooping Cough- 7- 14 day
13.TB 3- 6 weeks
14.Polio- 7-14 days
15.SARS- 3- 5 days
16. Meningococal meningitis 3- 4day
17. Trachoma 5-12day
18.Tetanus 6- 10 day
19.HIV months to 10 years
20. Staphylococcal food poisoning– 1- 6 hrs
21. Ascriasis— about two months
22.Hook worm 5 weeks to 9 months
21.Filariasis 8- 16 months
22.Leprosy—– 3- 5 years
23.Hydated diseases– months to years variable
24.Malaria Vivex 8-17 day
25. Falciparum- 9-14 day
26.Scabies —3- 6 weeks
27.Kalazar— 1- 4 months
STI incubation period
- Syphilis :9-90days
- LGV:3-12days
- Donovanosis:3-21days
- Chancoroid:3-3days
- Gonorrhea :1-5days
- Molluscum contagiosum:14-50days
- Hiv/aids:months-10 years