What is the ability of the pathogen to invade and multiply in the host referred to as?
a. Infectivity
b. Toxigenicity
c. Pathogenicity
d. Virulence
Ans: a. Infectivity
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A nurse working in the United States is relocating to the United Kingdom and wishes to
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