Prescott's Microbiology
Prescott's Microbiology
11th Edition
ISBN: 9781260211887
Author: WILLEY, Sandman, Wood
Publisher: McGraw Hill
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Chapter 35.1, Problem 6CC
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The infectious disease is, when the pathogen successful invades the host and starts to multiply inside the host. The pathogens spread inside the host and their presence inside is shown as symptoms of disease in the host. Usually the disease is spreadable from one host to another.

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