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Vinony

infectivity

noun

  1. pathogen's ability to infect hosts
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English infective Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English infectivity From infective + -ity.

  1. The ability of a pathogen to establish an infection

    “The reputation for low infectivity of rubella was probably based on failure to recognise rashless cases.”