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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Research, Technology, Methods > pathological processes and conditions > disease course > prepatent period
Preferred Term:

prepatent period

Definition:
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.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Core
Broader Concept:
disease course
Related Concepts:
Entry Terms:
  • pre-patent period
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/34028
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