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INCUBATION INTERVAL [2 records]

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Record 1 1999-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Parasitoses
  • Epidemiology
DEF

Period elapsing between the occurrence of infective gametocytes in a human subject and appearance in an infective form in a secondary case deriving from the first case.

OBS

incubation interval : The term includes one parasite cycle in the mosquito and one or several in man.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parasitoses
  • Épidémiologie
DEF

Période comprise entre l'apparition de gamétocytes infectants chez un sujet humain et l'apparition de gamétocytes infectants chez un deuxième sujet constituant, dans le même foyer, un cas secondaire dérivé du premier.

OBS

Cet intervalle comprend donc un cycle évolutif du parasite chez le moustique et un ou plusieurs cycles évolutifs chez l'homme.

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Parasitoses
  • Epidemiology
DEF

In malaria, the period from the inoculation of a human being with sporozoites until the appearance of gametocytes potentially infective to mosquitos.

OBS

To be distinguished from "incubation interval" and "incubation period".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parasitoses
  • Épidémiologie
DEF

En matière de paludisme, [...] durée qui s'écoule depuis la pénétration de sporozoïtes dans l'organisme jusqu'à l'apparition de gamétocytes susceptibles d'infecter les moustiques.

OBS

À distinguer de l'intervalle d'incubation et de la période d'incubation.

Spanish

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