🔬 Latent Period

Discussion

<p>Strictly, latent period can be used synonymously with constant period. For lytic cycles that begin with adsorption, the latent period basically can be described as overlapping the entirety of the class="bap-term">infection. Also for lytic phages, but not for chronic infections, the latent period is equivalent to the duration of a productive infection.

This is the definition from Adams (1959), p. 440, "Elapsed time between infection or induction and lysis of cells in one-step growth. Latent periods of wikipedia.org/wiki/Individual" target="_blank" class="bap-term">individual cells vary over a range called the rise period. When reported without qualification, latent period means minimum latent period." Latent period thus can mean constant period (= minimum latent period) or per-cell duration of infection as well as the halfway point during the rise period or indeed, though not typically invoked, the average per-cell lysis timing.

External links

References

How to cite this page