Incubation Period For Diseases

Medical Lifestyle
August 27, 2026

Incubation Period For Diseases

1–3 Days

  • Common cold

  • Influenza (flu)

  • Shigellosis

  • Salmonellosis (usually 6–72 hours)

4–7 Days

  • Dengue fever (4–10 days)

  • Yellow fever (3–6 days)

  • Diphtheria (2–5 days)

  • Scarlet fever (2–5 days)

  • Cholera (12 hours–5 days)

  • Plague (1–7 days)

7–14 Days

  • Measles (7–14 days)

  • Pertussis (whooping cough) (7–10 days)

  • Malaria (7–30 days)

  • Gonorrhea (1–14 days)

  • Chickenpox (starts around 10–21 days)

14–21 Days

  • Rubella (14–21 days)

  • Chickenpox (10–21 days)

  • Mumps (12–25 days, usually 16–18)

  • Tetanus (3–21 days)

  • Chlamydia (7–21 days)

3–6 Weeks

  • Infectious mononucleosis (EBV)

  • Amoebiasis

  • Giardiasis

1–3 Months

  • Rabies

  • Hepatitis B (often 2–3 months)

Several Weeks to Months

  • Hepatitis A (15–50 days)

  • Hepatitis C (2 weeks–6 months)

  • HIV acute infection (2–4 weeks)

Years

  • Tuberculosis (latent TB)

  • Leprosy