The Characteristics of a Pathogen That Determine Its Virulence Include

question 28

Multiple Choice

The characteristics of a pathogen that determine its virulence include which of the following?

• A)pathogenicity
• B)invasiveness
• C)infectivity
• D)all of the choices

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Definitions:

Distribution

The act of sharing something out among a number of recipients, or the way in which something is spread or dispersed.

Regression Toward

Implies the statistical concept that extreme scores tend to fall back (regress) toward the mean (average) over time.

Mean

In statistics, the average value in a set of numbers, calculated by adding all the numbers and dividing by the total count of values.

Normal Curve

A bell-shaped curve representing a distribution of values, traits, or scores where most occurrences take place in the middle of the range.