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Susceptibility to an infection

Susceptibility to an infection – ability of an animal or the person to react to penetration into an organism of a certain contagium development of a carriage of the activator or an infectious disease.

Allocate a susceptibility to an infection:

  • Specific – caused by belonging to a certain species;
  • Age – connected with belonging to a certain age group;
  • Individual – caused by the acquired or inborn features of the immunological status of this individual.
 
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