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Epidemiology of Disease

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Factors Influencing <strong>Disease</strong> Transmission<br />

Agent<br />

Environment<br />

Agent-Host Factors<br />

Host<br />

• Infectivity = the size <strong>of</strong> the dose required to cause<br />

infection in a susceptible host<br />

• Reproductive rate<br />

– Reproduction in host<br />

– Reproduction between hosts<br />

• Virulence = the magnitude <strong>of</strong> the adverse effect on the<br />

host

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