Virulence is a term used to describe the:
a. microorganism's host as a virus.
b. microorganism when it is a virus.
c. pathogenicity of an organism.
d. type of microorganism.
c
Virulence describes the extent to which an organism
is capable of causing disease. The more virulent, the more
dangerous (or the higher the risk to people).
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