Why the long latent period?

Crohn's disease--is there a long latent period?

Four cases of Crohn's disease developing in adult females, who had been in close contact during their teens, are described. It is suggested that this could indicate an infective causation for Crohn's disease with a long latency.

Malaria dynamics with long latent period in hosts

Why We Measure Period Fertility

Four reasons for measuring period fertility are distinguished: to explain fertility time trends, to anticipate future fertility, to construct theoretical models and to communicate with non-specialist audiences. The paper argues that not all measures are suitable for each purpose, and that tempo adjustment may be appropriate for some objectives but not others. In particular, it is argued that ge...

Latent period for symptomatic sensitization in bakeries.

AIM To describe the latent period for symptomatic sensitization in bread bakery workers. METHODS Data on the latent period for symptomatic sensitization, resulting in either asthma or rhinitis, were obtained from an in-house health surveillance programme in a single large organization. RESULTS Over a period of 10 years, 90 employees were identified with symptoms attributable to sensitizatio...

The Latent Period Before the Onset of Acute Rheumatic Fever †

John R. Paul has been interested in the latent period and the incubation period of a variety of infectious diseases because careful study of the host during these periods frequently yields important clues concerning pathogenesis. In the case of rheumatic fever, the latent period begins at the onset of symptoms of the acute group A streptococcal respiratory infection and ends at the time of deve...