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| CHAPTER 1, FOOD SAFETY
Table 1-12. Example of incubation periods, onset and meal times
by patient for a staphylococcal food poisoning
outbreak
Ate Meal
Became Ill
Incubation
Patient
(time)
(time)
Period
(number)
(hours)
8
1300
1345
0.75
20
1130
1300
1.50
2
1130
1330
2.00
12
1130
1345
2.25
21
1200
1415
2.25
13
1130
1415
2.75
9
1130
1430
3.00
10
1145
1445
3.00
7
1130
1430
3.00
4
1130
1445
3.25
5
1130
1500
3.50
3.50
14
1200
1530
Median
16
1130
1515
3.75
22
1230
1615
3.75
23
1200
1600
4.00
3
1130
1545
4.25
11
1230
1715
4.75
15
1200
1730
5.50
18
1300
1845
5.75
1
1200
2000
8.00
6
1300
2115
8.25
17
1130
2230
11.00
19
1130
0030
13.00
Total (23
102.75
Cases)
Incubation period:
Range: 0.75 hours (shortest)
To 13.00 hours (longest)
Median: 3.5 hours
Mean; 4.5 hours (102.75 23)
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