Condition/Disease
|
Incubation
Period
(in Days)
|
Contagious Period
(in Days)
|
Skin Infections/Rashes
|
|
Chicken Pox
|
10-21
|
2 days before rash appears,
until all sores have crusts (6-7 days)
|
Fifth Disease
|
4-14
|
7 days before rash begins
|
Hand-foot-and-mouth
|
3-6
|
Onset of mouth ulcers until
fever is gone
|
Impetigo
|
2-5
|
Onset of sores until 24 hours on
an antibiotic
|
Lice
|
7
|
Onset of itch until one
treatment of anti-lice shampoo
|
Measles
|
8-12
|
4 days before rash appears until
4 days after rash appears
|
Roseola
|
9-10
|
Onset of fever until the rash is
gone (generally 2 days)
|
Rubella
(German measles)
|
14-21
|
7 days before rash appears until
5 days after rash appears
|
Scabies
|
30-45
|
Onset of rash until one treatment
|
Scarlet Fever
|
3-6
|
Onset of fever or rash until 24
hours on an antibiotic
|
Shingles
|
14-16
|
Onset of rash until all sores
have crusts (7 days)
|
Warts
|
30-180
|
Staying home is not necessary;
minimally contagious
|
Respiratory Infections
|
|
Bronchiolitis
|
4-6
|
Onset of cough until 7 days
|
Colds
|
2-5
|
Onset of runny nose until fever
is gone
|
Cough/Croup (viral)
|
2-5
|
Onset of cough until fever is
gone
|
Diphtheria
|
2-5
|
Onset of sore throat until 4
days on antibiotic
|
Influenza ("flu")
|
1-2
|
Onset of symptoms until fever is
gone
|
Sore throat, strep
|
2-5
|
Onset of sore throat until 24
hours on an antibiotic
|
Sore throat, viral
|
2-5
|
Onset of sore throat until fever
is gone
|
Tuberculosis
|
6-24 months
|
Until 2 weeks on drug therapy.
Most childhood TB is not contagious
|
Whooping cough
|
7-10
|
Onset of runny nose until 5 days
on an antibiotic
|
Intestinal Infections
|
|
Diarrhea, bacterial
|
1-5
|
Contagious until stools are
formed. Stay home until fever is gone, diarrhea is mild, blood
and mucus are gone, and potty-trained child has control over loose
bowel movements
|
Diarrhea, Giardia
|
7-28
|
Same as above
|
Diarrhea, traveler's
|
1-6
|
Same as above
|
Diarrhea, viral (Rotavirus)
|
1-3
|
Same as above
|
Hepatitis A
|
14-50
|
Two weeks before jaundice begins
until 1 week after jaundice begins
|
Pinworms
|
21-28
|
Staying home is not necessary;
infection is very mild and/or minimally contagious
|
Vomiting, viral
|
2-5
|
Until vomiting stops
|
Other Infections
|
|
Mono
|
30-50
|
Onset of fever until the fever
is gone
|
Meningitis, bacterial
|
2-10
|
7 days before symptoms appear
until 24 hours on IV antibiotics in the hospital
|
Mumps
|
15-25
|
5 days before swelling appears
until the swelling is gone
|
Pinkeye without pus
|
1-5
|
Staying home is not necessary;
infection is very mild and/or minimally contagious
|
Pinkeye with pus
|
2-7
|
Onset of pus (matted eyes) until
1 day on antibiotic eyedrops
|
