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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. pathological processes and conditions
  3. disease course
  4. prepatent period

Preferred term

prepatent period

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information Period between infection with a parasite and the production of eggs by a female; equivalent to the incubation period of microbial infections, but biologically different because the parasite is going through developmental stages in the host.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

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Synonyms

  • pre-patent period

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/34028

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