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| INFECTIOUS DISEASES. | ||||
| Disease |
Incubation (days) |
Quarantine (days) |
Infectivity (days) |
Duration (days) |
| Chickenpox | 14 to 21 | 21 | -1 to +6 | 6 to 8 |
| Diptheria | 2 to 5 | 7 | 14 to 28 (until clear) | Until clear |
|
Dysentery (bacillary) |
2 to 7 | 7 | 7 to 21 (until clear) | 3 to 5 |
|
German Measles (rubella) |
14 to 21 | 21 | 7 before rash appears until 5 after. | 5 |
| Glandular fever | 4 to 14 | 5+ | Not known | 7 to 21 |
| Influenza | 1 - 3 | Not necessary | When symptoms appear until 7 after. | 3 to 5 |
| Measles | 8 to 14 | 14 | 4 before rash appears until 7 after. | 6 to 8 |
| Meningitis | 3 to 5 | 5+ | 2 | Varies |
| Mumps | 14 to 28 | 28 | 7 before symptoms appear until 9 after. | 10 to 14 |
| Poliomyelitis | 4 to 13 | 21 | Last part of incubation period and first week of acute illness. | 10 to 15 |
| Roseola | 2 to 5 | 5 | Varies | 5 to 7 |
| Scarlet fever | 2 to 5 | Until clear | Beginning of incubation period until 14 to 21 after symptoms appear. | 7 to 10 |
| Typhoid fever and Paratyphoid | 7 to 21 | Until clear | Until clear | 14 to 21 |
| Whooping cough (pertussis) | 7 to 21 | 21 | 21 | 42 |
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