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How long is the incubation period for Ebola virus disease?
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Numerous filamentous ebolavirus particles (blue) budding from a chronically-infected VERO E6 cell (yellow-green) in this digitally colorized scanning electron micrograph produced by the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).
The incubation period for Ebola virus disease is 2 to 21 days. Symptoms typically appear within this timeframe following exposure to the virus.12