Estimating the delay between host infection and disease (incubation period) and assessing its significance to the epidemiology of plant diseases.

Estimating the delay between host infection and disease (incubation period) and assessing its significance to the epidemiology of plant diseases.

Knowledge of the incubation period of infectious diseases (time between host infection and expression of disease symptoms) is crucial to our epidemiological understanding and the design of appropriate prevention and control policies. Plant diseases cause substantial damage to agricultural and arbori...

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Main Authors: Melen Leclerc, Thierry Doré, Christopher A Gilligan, Philippe Lucas, João A N Filipe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3899291?pdf=render

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