infectivity
(in″fek″tiv′ĭt-ē)
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1. The capacity of a pathogen to cause infection.
2. The number of people who are infected by a disease divided by the number of people who are exposed to it.
SYN: SEE: infectiousness
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Infectivity." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/756423/all/relative_infectivity.
Infectivity. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/756423/all/relative_infectivity. Accessed April 23, 2024.
Infectivity. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/756423/all/relative_infectivity
Infectivity [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 April 23]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/756423/all/relative_infectivity.
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