According to the Basic Host-Pathogen Model, If the Combined Death

question 14

Multiple Choice

According to the basic host-pathogen model, if the combined death and recovery rate from a disease doubles, and the effectiveness of the disease to spread from infected to uninfected individuals remains the same, the threshold density should

• A) decrease by a factor of four.
• B) decrease by half.
• C) stay the same.
• D) double.

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