How to Use incubation period in a Sentence

incubation period

noun
  • The virus’ incubation period can last up to six weeks, so more cases may still emerge.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC news, 7 May 2026
  • Ebola has an incubation period of about one and a half weeks.
    — John Drake, Forbes.com, 19 May 2026
  • This virus has what's called an incubation period of usually around three to four weeks.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 20 May 2026
  • None have reported symptoms of the rare virus, which has an incubation period of up to six weeks.
    — Camille Behnke, NBC news, 7 May 2026
  • In some cases, the incubation period can be longer.
    — Dave Wessner, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • This is your incubation period… your chrysalis.
    — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 23 Dec. 2025
  • There are no more symptomatic passengers on board, but the virus incubation period can be up to six weeks.
    — Camila Bernal, NBC news, 7 May 2026
  • The incubation period for the Andes virus is believed to be up to 42 days.
    — Philip Wang, Time, 11 May 2026
  • Officials said the incubation period can range from two to 10 days.
    — Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2025
  • The incubation period, the time between exposure to the virus and symptom onset, may last weeks to months.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Ebola has a very long incubation period.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 28 May 2026
  • How long is the incubation period for influenza A?
    — Lori Comstock, Freep.com, 6 Jan. 2026
  • The contacts will be monitored until an incubation period has passed and none have been diagnosed with the hantavirus so far.
    — Sfundo Parakozov, USA Today, 6 May 2026
  • The last twist was that his paper shows that the incubation period (the time between virus exposure and symptoms) can be as long as 40 days.
    — Zeynep Tufekci, Mercury News, 20 May 2026
  • Mumps has an incubation period of up to 25 days, authorities said.
    — Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • The incubation period, the time between exposure and the onset of symptoms, ranges from two to 21 days.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 20 May 2026
  • The length of sequestration is to cover the incubation period of the virus, or the time from exposure to signs of infection.
    — Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 13 May 2026
  • But because of the virus’s up-to-eight-week incubation period—the time between infection and when symptoms show up—more cases are likely.
    — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 12 May 2026
  • The virus has a long incubation period, which means the quarantine duration will likely be several weeks.
    — Melissa Rudy , Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026
  • Giles, like sports officials around the globe, became an expert on antigen tests, contact tracing and incubation periods.
    — Matt Slater, New York Times, 9 May 2026
  • Gounder says the longer incubation period has given health officials an advantage of more time to develop their response to the outbreak.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 11 May 2026
  • The incubation period for the virus is up to 21 days, according to WHO.
    — Erika Edwards, NBC news, 18 May 2026
  • Your child’s school will send out emails asking that parents keep unvaccinated children at home for the next three weeks, the virus’s maximum incubation period.
    — Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2026
  • Public health officials also use incubation periods to help determine how long to track someone for signs of infection.
    — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 11 May 2026
  • Hantavirus has a lengthy incubation period, so Rosmarin is going to wait and be absolutely sure he is not infected.
    — Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
  • The incubation period between exposure to the virus and developing symptoms can range from nine to 40 days.
    — Lauren Dunn, NBC news, 7 May 2026
  • Hantavirus typically has an incubation period of one to six weeks before patients start showing symptoms.
    — Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 8 May 2026
  • The potential incubation period for hantavirus is 42 days, Pan said.
    — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 11 May 2026
  • Because of the illness’s one- to eight-week incubation period, additional cases may still be identified.
    — Daniel Pastula, The Conversation, 7 May 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.
    — CBS News, 18 May 2026

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