SOCIAL QUESTIONS|health|medical science|epidemiology
- ionfhabhtaíocht Reference Faomhadh an téarma seo mar chuid de Thionscadal Lex
- ga
- Context 'Ní hionann iad dífhabhtú agus steiriliú agus níochán, arb é atá i gceist leis nósanna imeachta glantacháin atá deartha chun cion miocróbach an trealaimh a ísliú gan gach ionfhabhtaíocht mhiocróbach nó gach inmharthanacht mhiocróbach a dhíbirt.' Reference Rialachán (AE) Uimh. 388/2012 lena leasaítear Rialachán (CE) Uimh. 428/2009 ón gComhairle lena ndéantar córas Comhphobail a chur ar bun chun rialú a dhéanamh ar onnmhairiú, ar aistriú agus ar bhróicéireacht ítimí dé-úsáide agus ar iad a bheith ar idirthuras, CELEX:32012R0388/GA
- infectiveness | infectivity
- en
- Definition ability of an infectious agent to cause a new infection in a susceptible host Reference Barreto, M. L., Teixeira, M. G., Carmo, E. H., 'Infectious diseases epidemiology' (17.8.2020), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2006;60(3):192-195. doi:10.1136/jech.2003.011593
- Comment The measure of infectivity in a population is called incidence.Infectivity has been shown to positively correlate with virulence. This means that as a pathogen's ability to infect a greater number of hosts increases, so does the level of harm it brings to the host.A pathogen's infectivity is subtly but importantly different from its transmissibility, which refers to a pathogen's capacity to pass from one organism to another.