Incubation period is defined as the time from being infected to the appearance of symptoms. After becoming infected with the variola virus (the virus that causes..
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Typhoid fever is a febrile illness caused due to infection with the virulent bacteria, salmonella typhi. It is endemic in several developing countries such as India, Southeast Asia, Africa, and..
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Incubation of chikungunya virus is between 2 to 12 days. Generally it takes 3 to 7 days for the virus to cause illness. The carrier mosquito of this virus, Aedes Aegypti, gets..
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There are several causes of fever. If the fever is caused due an infection, the incubation period of fever will depend on the cause of infection. The incubation..
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Swine flu has been declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in the alert level phase 5. This implies that rapid human-to-human spread of the disease is impending. Despite..
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The first symptoms of smallpox after infection with the virus usually occur after 12 to 14 days (the usual duration of incubation period). During..
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Swine flu’s incubation period ranges from 24 to 48 hours. It actually depends on the level of the disease. People can suffer from the disease for 2 to..
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Chikungunya is fever that spreads by the bite of infected mosquitoes. It is similar to dengue fever and is mainly characterised by rashes, severe and persistent joint pain and fever. The good..
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Smallpox is a contagious viral illness caused due to variola virus. It has infected human beings for thousands of years and can be a disfiguring and often deadly disease. Smallpox..
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Smallpox has been eradicated by the intense global immunization campaign and the last naturally occurring case of smallpox was reported in 1977. Currently people..
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