INCUBATION PERIODS OF MICROBES

July 25, 2015
  • Ancylostomiasis (hook worm)-Ancylostoma duodenale-5 wks to 9 months
  • Ascariasis- Ascariasis lumbricoides- 2 months
  • Bubonic plague- Yersinia pestis- 2 to 7 days
  • Chicken pox – Human herpes virus 3  -14 to 16 days 
  • Chikungunya fever- Chikungunya virus(Arbovirus A)-4 to 7 days
  • Cholera- vibrio cholera- 1 to 2 days
  • Crimean congo fever- Nairovirus (Bunyavirus)-
  • Diphtheria - Corynebacterium diphtheria - 2 to 6 days 
  • German measles (rubella) -RNA togavirus - 14 to 21 days 
  • Hepatitis A- Enterovirus 72 (picarnavirus)-15 to 45 days
  • Hepatitis B- Hrpadna virus-45 to 180 days
  • Hepatitis C- hepacivirus- 30 to 120 days
  • HIV/AIDS- HIV/HTLV- III/LAV- months to 10 yrs
  • Influenza - orthomyxovirus - 18 to 72 hrs 
  • Japanese encephalitis- group B arbovirus (flavivirus)-5to 15 days
  • KFD- arbovirus (flavivirus)-3 to 8 days
  • Leishmaniasis (kala azar)-L.donovani- 1 to 4 months
  • Leptospirosis- leptospira interrogans-4 to 20 days
  • Lymphatic filariasis- wuchereria bancrofti- 8 to 16 months
  • Malaria- Plasmodium vivax- 8 to 17 days  Plasmodium falciparum-9 to 14 days        Plasmodium malariae- 18 to 40 days.  Plasmodium ovale- 16 to 18 days
  • Measles (rubeola) -RNA paramyxovirus - 10 to 14 days 
  • Meningococcal meningitis -neisseria meningitis -3 to 4 days 
  • Mumps - RNA myxovirus - 14 to 21 days 
  • Pertussis -bordetella pertussis -7 to 14 days 
  • Pneumonic plague- yersinia pestis- 1 to 3 days
  • Poliomyelitis - poliovirus  - 7 to 14 days
  • Q fever- coxiella burnetti- 2 to 3 wks
  • Rabies- lyssavirus type 1 (rhabdovirus)-3 to 8 wks
  • SARS - corona virus -3 to 5 days 
  • Scrub typhus- reckettsia tsutsugamushi- 10 to 12 days
  • Septicemic plague- yersinia pestis-2 to 7 days
  • Staphylococcal food poisoning- Staphylococcal aureus- 1 to 6 hrs
  • Swine flu- H1N1 type A influenza-1 to 7 days
  • Taeniasis (tapeworm)-T.solium, T saginata- 8 to 14 wks
  • TB - mycobacterium - wks and yrs
  • Tetanus- clostridium tetani- 6 to 10 days
  • Trachoma- chlamydia trachomatis-5 to 12 days
  • Typhoid- salmonella typhi- 10 to 14 days
  • Yaws- treponema pertenue- 3 to 5 wks