Table 3

Typical incubation periods of travel-related infections

Short<10 daysIntermediate 10–21 daysLong>21 days
InfluenzaMalaria (Plasmodium falciparum)Malaria (P. falciparum up to 6 months, Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium ovale months or years)
DengueViral haemorrhagic feversHepatitis A, B, C, E
African tick-bite feverAfrican trypanosomiasisSchistosomiasis
Rocky mountain spotted feverQ feverTuberculosis
Brucellosis