INCUBATION PRIODS

★Chicken pox - human@ herpes virus 3  -14 to 16 days 
★Measles (rubeola) -RNA paramyxovirus - 10 to 14 days 
★German measles (rubella) -RNA togavirus - 14 to 21 days 
★Mumps - RNA myxovirus - 14 to 21 days 
★Influenza - orthomyxovirus - 18 to 72 hrs 
★Diphtheria - corynebacterium diphtheria - 2 to 6 days 
★Pertussis -bordetella pertussis -7 to 14 days 
★Meningococcal meningitis -neisseria meningitis -3 to 4 days 
★SARS - corona virus -3 to 5 days 
★TB - mycobacterium - wks and yrs
★Poliomyelitis - poliovirus  - 7 to 14 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
★Cholera- vibrio cholera- 1 to 2 days
★Typhoid- salmonella typhi- 10 to 14 days
★Staphylococcal food poisoning- Staphylococcal aureus- 1 to 6 hrs
★Ascariasis- Ascariasis lumbricoides- 2 months
★Ancylostomiasis (hook worm)-Ancylostoma duodenale-5 wks to 9 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
★Lymphatic filariasis- wuchereria bancrofti- 8 to 16 months
★Rabies- lyssavirus type 1 (rhabdovirus)-3 to 8 wks
★Yellow fever- flavivirus fibricus- 2 to 6 days
★Japanese encephalitis- group B arbovirus (flavivirus)-5to 15 days
★KFD- arbovirus (flavivirus)-3 to 8 days
★Chikungunya fever- Chikungunya virus(arbovirus A)-4 to 7 days
★Leptospirosis- leptospira interrogans-4 to 20 days
★Bubonic plague- yersinia pestis- 2 to 7 days
★Pneumonic plague- yersinia pestis- 1 to 3 days
★Septicemic plague- yersinia pestis-2 to 7 days
★Scrub typhus- reckettsia tsutsugamushi- 10 to 12 days
★Q fever- coxiella burnetti- 2 to 3 wks
★Taeniasis (tapeworm)-T.solium, T saginata- 8 to 14 wks
★Leishmaniasis (kala azar)-L.donovani- 1 to 4 months
★Trachoma- chlamydia trachomatis-5 to 12 days
★Tetanus- clostridium tetani- 6 to 10 days
★Yaws- treponema pertenue- 3 to 5 wks
★HIV/AIDS- HIV/HTLV- III/LAV- months to 10 yrs
★Swine flu- H1N1 type A influenza-1 to 7 days
★Crimean congo fever- nairovirus (bunyavirus)-1 to 9 days