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INCUBATION CHART OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
PERTINENT TO TATTOOING
| Hepatitis C |
60 - 160 days |
may not be apparent for months to years
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| Hepatitis B (HBV) |
60 - 160 days |
jaundice, dark urine, fever, chills, sore throat
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| Hepatitis A (HAV) |
15 - 40 days |
same, less severe
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| Tetanus |
3 - 21 days (abrupt)
4 - 5 weeks (severe) |
headache, fever,
lockjaw |
| Pneumococcal |
1 - 3 days |
chest pains, cough
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| Tuberculosis |
28 - 42 days |
chest pains, cough
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| Influenza |
3 - 7 days |
vomiting, sore throat
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| Measles |
14 - 21 days |
skin rashes, ear infections
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| Mumps |
6 - 9 days |
sneezing, coughs
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| Rubella |
14 - 21 days |
sneezing, coughs, nasal congestion
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| Streptococcal |
1 - 3 days |
swollen throat, fever
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| Staphylococcal |
1 - 4 days |
skin blisters
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| Folliculitis |
1 - 2 days |
skin blisters, pus
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| Cellulitis |
1 - 2 days |
fever, chills, swelling of skin
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| Human
Immunodeficiency
Virus (HIV) |
10 YEARS |
immune system destruction, leading to Kaposi's
sarcoma, pneumonia, tuberculosis, etc.
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