This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: Epidemiology, Subject name: Social & Preventive Medicine
[{'content': 'Time between infection and maximum infectivity is known as? \nSelect and explain. \nA. Incubation period, B. Serial interval, C. Generation time, D. Communicable period', 'role': 'user'}, {'content': "Answer: C \nExplanation: the interval of time between receipt of infection by a host and maximal infectivity of that host is defined as GENERATION TIME.generally it roughly equals incubation period,but not same.generation time refers to transmission of infection whether clinical orsubclinical.ref :park's textbook of preventive and social medicine,22 nd edition,pg no 96.", 'role': 'assistant'}]