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| Microbe able to casue disease in an otherwise healthy individual |
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| Organism that causes disease only in hosts with impaired defense mechanisms or when introduced into an unusual location |
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| Type of protein found in cell membranes that transports certain compounds across the membrane; may also be called a permease or transporter protein; a human or other animals that harbors a pathogen without noticeable ill effects |
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| Interval between entrance f a pathogen into a susceptible host and the onset of illness caused by that pathogen |
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| arsenal of mechanisms of pathogenicity of a given microbe |
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| Illness; most often expressed as the rate of illness in a given population at risk |
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| Death; most often espressed as a rate of death in a given popiulation at risk |
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| period of recuperation and recovery from an illness |
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| total number of cases, both old and new, in a given population at risk at a point in time |
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| number of new cases of a disease within a specific time period in a given population |
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| proportional number of cases developing in a population exposed to an infectious angle |
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| infection acquired during hospitalization |
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