incubation
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The incubation period ranges from 2 to 21 days.
From Science Daily • Jun. 22, 2026
Normanly explained that the eggs "were collected very carefully, wrapped up individually and packaged into a biscuit tin" to be transported to the incubation facility.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
The incubation period is between two and 21 days, and people aren’t usually contagious before symptoms.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
However, the virus has an incubation period of several weeks, meaning more cases from the ship's occupants could emerge in the future, Tedros warned.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
Despite the din, she slipped into the trance of incubation, this time more deeply than before.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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