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INFECTION PROBABILITY [1 record]

Record 1 1990-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Epidemiology
OBS

The rise and fall in epidemic prevalence of a disease is a probability phenomenon -- the probability being that of transfer of an effective dose of the infectious agent from the infected individual to a susceptible one.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Épidémiologie
CONT

Deux grands facteurs sont à incriminer, le plus souvent dans l'origine de la variation d'incidence d'une maladie bactérienne : il s'agit de la modification de la pression d'infection et de la modification dans la réceptivité de la population sensible à la maladie.

Spanish

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