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Virulence

Virulence (Latin virulentus – poisonous) – the level of pathogenicity (pathogenesity) of this strain of a microorganism in relation to the person or a certain look to an animal at the known way of infection; there are of degree of invasiveness, toxigenicity (or toxicity), strain infektivnost.

 
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