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. 2013 Sep 18;31(4):927–944. doi: 10.1016/j.emc.2013.07.001

Table 2.

Incubation periods for common and severe infections acquired during travel

Short (<10 d) Medium (11–21 d) Long (>30 d)
Typhoid Malaria Reactivation malaria
Dengue Typhoid Tuberculosis
Rickettsial Hepatitis A Leishmaniasis
Meningitis/encephalitis Schistosomiasis Filariasis
Chikungunya Amebic liver abscess Schistosomiasis
Salmonellosis Leptospirosis Rabies
Shigellosis Q-fever African trypanosomiasis
VHF African trypanosomiasis Enteric protozoal
Influenza Brucellosis Enteric helminthic
Legionella VHF
Mononucleosis Rickettsial
HIV Seroconversion

Abbreviations: HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; VHF, viral hemorrhagic fever.