Time between infection and maximum infectivity is known as?
Correct Answer: Generation time
Description: the interval of time between receipt of infection by a host and maximal infectivity of that host is defined as GENERATION TIME.generally it roughly equals incubation period,but not same.generation time refers to transmission of infection whether clinical orsubclinical.ref :park's textbook of preventive and social medicine,22 nd edition,pg no 96.
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