Induction Periods and Latent Periods (2024)

Epidemiologic Methods: Studying the Occurrence of Illness

Thomas D. Koepsell andNoel S. Weiss

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01 September 2009

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15 January 2004

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9780199865161

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9780195150780

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Epidemiologic Methods: Studying the Occurrence of Illness

Thomas D. Koepsell andNoel S. Weiss

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403–414

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Koepsell, Thomas D., and Noel S. Weiss, 'Induction Periods and Latent Periods', Epidemiologic Methods: Studying the Occurrence of Illness (New York, 2004; online edn, Oxford Academic, 1 Sept. 2009), https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195150780.003.0016, accessed 27 Nov. 2024.

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Abstract

For etiologic exposures of brief duration, such as eating food contaminated with the hepatitis A virus or being subjected to a single, intense dose of ionizing radiation, the induction period in a given sick person is the interval between receipt of the exposure and the first presence of the disease. The latent period is the time between the disease's first presence and its recognition. This chapter discusses induction periods and latent periods. The influence of the suspected induction/latent period on study design is considered. Exercises are provided at the end of the chapter.

Keywords: epidemiology, epidemiological research, induction period, latent period

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Public Health Epidemiology

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