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... infectious agent . Individual variation in host resistance to infection , how- ever , is due to more than mere numbers of infectious agents encountered ; it is also clearly due to innate factors in the individual host organism . At any ...
... infectious agent . Individual variation in host resistance to infection , how- ever , is due to more than mere numbers of infectious agents encountered ; it is also clearly due to innate factors in the individual host organism . At any ...
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to initiate infection on mucous membranes of the nose and throat , and still others able to establish primary in- fections in the intestinal tract . These particular modes of infection then generally demand transmission by way of ...
to initiate infection on mucous membranes of the nose and throat , and still others able to establish primary in- fections in the intestinal tract . These particular modes of infection then generally demand transmission by way of ...
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... INFECTIOUS AND NONINFECTIOUS DISEASES Diseases may be either infectious or noninfectious . The term infection , as observed earlier , implies an interaction between two living organisms , called the host and the parasite . Infection is ...
... INFECTIOUS AND NONINFECTIOUS DISEASES Diseases may be either infectious or noninfectious . The term infection , as observed earlier , implies an interaction between two living organisms , called the host and the parasite . Infection is ...
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