Answer the following questions true (T) or false (F)

1. A microbe is either pathogenic or it is not. A microbe is either virulent or it is not. Both pathogenicity and virulence are all-or-nothing terms.

2. A microbe with a low ID50 does not necessarily cause severe disease.

3. A pathogen which uses a specific portal of entry will only be able to establish an infection in the system associated with that portal.


1. FALSE
2. TRUE
3. FALSE

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