Chapter 13 (Micro-Human Interactions)

Question 1

Pathogenicity is

Answer 1

Ability to cause disease

Question 2

Infectivity

Answer 2

How good a pathogen is in establishing a pathogen

Question 3

Virulent is

Answer 3

Severity of disease due to microbes virulent factors

Question 4

Steps to a infections (5)

Answer 4

1) entry

Question 5

Infectious dose is

Answer 5

Minimum number of microbes needed to establish an infection

Question 6

Greater the infectious dose the lease infectious it is

Answer 6

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