An individual into whom a pathogen has been transmitted and who has little or no immunity to infection by that organism is a ____. 

A. reservoir host
B. carrier
C. susceptible host
D. vector
E. fomite


C. susceptible host
A susceptible host is a person to whom a pathogen has been transmitted and who has little or no immunity to infection by that organism.

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