Incubation period of staphylococcal food poisoning is:: (A) 4-6 hrs, (B) 6-12 hrs, (C) 12-18 hrs, (D) 18-24 hrs
Answer is A. Ans.is 'a' i.e., 4-6 hours (Ref: Ananthanarayan, 9th/e, p. 202 and 8th/e, p. 198)* Incubation period of staphylococcal food poisoning is 1-6 hours.* Toxin can be detected by ELISA, Latex agglutination test and toxin gene detection by PCR.