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INFECTIVITY [1 record]

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Record 1 2021-05-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
  • Epidemiology
  • Human Diseases - Various
DEF

The ability of an infectious agent to enter, survive and multiply in a host.

OBS

It can be expressed as the proportion of people in a population exposed to a given quantity of an infectious agent who become infected.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
  • Épidémiologie
  • Maladies humaines diverses
DEF

Capacité d'un agent infectieux de pénétrer dans un hôte, d'y survivre et de s'y multiplier.

OBS

Elle peut être exprimée par la proportion de personnes dans une population exposée à une quantité donnée d'un agent infectieux qui deviennent infectées.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Microbiología y parasitología
  • Epidemiología
  • Enfermedades humanas varias
DEF

[…] capacidad del agente infeccioso de poder alojarse y multiplicarse dentro de un huésped.

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