An infectious agent that has invaded its host and found conditions hospitable will replicate until it can be shed. Which indicates that an infection is in the incubation period?
A) Shed pathogens without any disease symptoms
B) Before shed of pathogens
C) Shed of the pathogen agent
D) Disease symptoms first appear.
Ans: D
The incubation period refers to the time of invasion to the time when disease symptoms first appear. A carrier is an individual who sheds pathogens without any disease symptoms. The period of replication before shedding of pathogens is called the latent period. The communicable period begins with the shedding of the pathogen agent.
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