Question

Determination of the incubation period for a disease outbreak helps to: demonstrate the location of the outbreak show the distribution of cases by time of onset verify that an epidemic has occurred identify possible infectious agents

Answer 1

The right option is show the distribution of cases by time of onset

Determination of the incubation period for a disease outbreak helps to show the distribution of cases by time of onset. Incubation period is the time from the moment of exposure to a pathogenic organism to the time that signs and symptoms of the disease appear. For example the incubation period of Salmonella that causes typhoid fever is between 6 to 72 hours.