NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
MICROBIOLOGY
Question
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Infectivity
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pathogenicity
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virulence
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Susceptibility
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Detailed explanation-1: -The term adhesion refers to the capability of pathogenic microbes to attach to the cells of the body using adhesion factors, and different pathogens use various mechanisms to adhere to the cells of host tissues.
Detailed explanation-2: -A communicable disease is one that is spread from one person to another through a variety of ways that include: contact with blood and bodily fluids; breathing in an airborne virus; or by being bitten by an insect.
Detailed explanation-3: -In epidemiology, infectivity is the ability of a pathogen to establish an infection. More specifically, infectivity is a pathogen’s capacity for horizontal transmission-that is, how frequently it spreads among hosts that are not in a parent–child relationship.