Question

Which statement about an incubation period is INCORRECT?

Group of answer choices

can take hours to weeks

difficult to associate the illness with item consumed

time from exposure to showing symptoms

vomiting is always involved

Answer 1

The correct option is 4th - Vomiting is always involved

When an infectious agent (pathogen) enters the body of an individual (host), it causes disease. The incubation period is the early stage of the disease. The incubation period is the time period from the entry of the infectious agent to the appearance of the first symptoms. The incubation period of disease starts when the infectious agent causing the disease enters the body of the host and continues until the first symptoms of the disease appear. There will be no signs or symptoms of the disease during the incubation period.The incubation period is a silent stage. It is difficult to identify the disease during this stage. The incubation period may be hours to weeks depending upon the infectious agents and diseases.

Therefore, the answer is 4th option - Vomiting is always involved