Latent period

Latent period may refer to:

  • Latent period (epidemiology), the time interval between when an individual is infected by a pathogen and when he or she becomes capable of infecting other susceptible individuals.
  • Muscle contraction, the time between a stimulus to the nerve and the contraction of the muscle
  • Virus latency, a period during which a virus remains dormant in a cell and does not proliferate

See also
  • Latency stage, Sigmund Freud's child's psychosexual development model
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