infectious agent
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinfectiousandagent
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infectious
adjective
uk/ɪnˈfek.ʃəs/us/ɪnˈfek.ʃəs/
(of a disease) able to be passed from one person, animal, or plant ...
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agent
noun[C]
uk/ˈeɪ.dʒənt/us/ˈeɪ.dʒənt/
a person who acts for or ...
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(Definition ofinfectiousandagentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This estimator would tell one how many new subjects an already infected subject transmitted theinfectiousagentto, on average, during the given interval.
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Variations in immune response to aninfectiousagentare often associated with age and polymorphism of the major histocompatibility complex.
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The force of infection is a valuable measure of the transmission potential of aninfectiousagent.
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The force of infection is the rate at which susceptible individuals acquire infection and is a parameter reflecting the contagiousness of aninfectiousagent.
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The susceptibility of an individual broiler and the amount ofinfectiousagentat exposure are important for a successful infection.
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The normal inflammatory response engendered by aninfectiousagentcould also contribute.
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Toxicosis in this case would only be transferred if toxicoses were associated with aninfectiousagent.
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In all likelihood, the disease is caused by aninfectiousagent, perhaps associated with a hyperimmune response.
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Control of human food-borne salmonellosis must inevitably involve control of theinfectiousagentin the host animal.
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It is therefore possible for anyinfectiousagentto be caught up in the cytokine network.
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These include the nature of theinfectiousagent, which is thought, but not formally confirmed, to be an infectious protein, a prion.
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For example, biological exposures to aninfectiousagentor an environmental toxin are reflected in e2, as is measurement error.
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Bronchoalveolar fluid examination did not disclose anyinfectiousagentbut revealed characteristic cytoplasmic inclusions of alveolar macrophages with foamy appearance.
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If aninfectiousagentwas present, the antigen would have been present in the former specimen and the specific antibody in the latter.
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These are innate ' effectors ', not necessarily influenced by prior contact with aninfectiousagent.
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The epidemic day might indirectly reflect the change of the number of susceptible persons, infection sources and the virulence of theinfectiousagent.
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Moreover, the virulence of theinfectiousagentmight also decrease gradually in the epidemic.
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