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 ## Introduction
 
-The [natural history](../learners/reference.md#naturalhistory) of an infectious disease shows that its development has a regularity from stage to another, which roughly goes through: presymptomatic period, symptomatic period and recovery period. The time periods from an infectious disease inform about the timing of transmission and interventions.
+Infectious diseases follow an infection cycle, which usually includes the following phases: presymptomatic period, symptomatic period and recovery period, as described by their [natural history](../learners/reference.md#naturalhistory). These time periods can be used to understand transmission dynamics and inform disease prevention and control interventions.
 
 ![Definition of key time periods. From [Xiang et al, 2021](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468042721000038)](fig/time-periods.jpg)