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Table 2 Incubation periods of pulmonary infections

From: Pulmonary infections in the returned traveller

Incubation Period

Infection

Short (<10 days)

Viral: influenza, SARS, MERS, Nipah

Bacterial: common organisms causing pneumonia (Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae), melioidosis, Legionellosis, plague, pertussis, diphtheria

Fungal: histoplasmosis

Medium (10–21 days)

Viral: MERS, Nipah, hantavirus

Bacterial: pertussis, melioidosis

Fungal: histoplasmosis, coccidioidomycosis

Eosinophilic: ascariasis, hookworm, strongyloides, toxocariasis

Long (>21 days)

Bacterial: Q fever, TB

Eosinophilic: schistosomiasis, hydatidosis, dirofilariasis, paragonomiasis, Wuchereia bancrofti, Brugia malayi

  1. SARS severe acute respiratory syndrome, MERS Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome, TB tuberculosis
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