The school nurse is concerned when a student presents to the office with chickenpox. The nurse determines that some of this student's classmates are most likely in which part of the infectious cycle?

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The incubation period is the time between exposure to a pathogen and the appearance of symptoms. Since chickenpox has a well-defined incubation period (typically 10 to 21 days), classmates exposed to the student with chickenpox would be in their incubation period, during which they may not show symptoms but could be developing the illness.

The School Nurse Is Concerned When a Student Presents to the Office