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unicable diseases or transmissibdiseases, due to their potential of transmission from one person or
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species to another by a replicating agent (as opposed to a toxin).
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Transmission of an infectious disease can occur in many different ways. Physical contact, liquids, fo
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especially infective, and are sometimes referred to as contagious diseases.
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needle transmission, or sexual transmission, are usually not regarded as contagious.
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The term infectivity describes the ability of an organism to enter, survive and multiply in the host, whi
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le the infectiousness of a disease indicates the comparative ease with which the disease is transmi
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b. Sickness from an infectious disease can be easily transmitted from one person to another.
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b. The inability of an organism to reproduce
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d. The ability of an organism to reproduce in the host
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a. Because an infectious disease destroys infections with enough time.
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