Five stages of disease
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Stage two: prodromal phase
Early symptoms develop
Stage five: convalescent phase
Patient recovers; in some cases the pathogen is kept latent in the patient
Stage three: acute phase
Peak of disease
Stage four: period of decline
Replication of the infectious agent is brought under control; symptoms start to resolve
Stage one: incubation period
The time between infection and the development of the earliest symptoms