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question 13
the capability of a communicable disease agent to cause disease in a susceptible host is
infectivity
pathogenicity
indirect transmission
etiology
question 14
a pathogenic agent enters a susceptible host through a
reservoir
carrier
portal of exit
portal of entry
For Question 13, pathogenicity is the ability of a disease - causing agent to cause disease in a susceptible host. Infectivity is about the ability to spread, indirect transmission is a mode of spread, and etiology is the study of causes.
For Question 14, a pathogenic agent enters a susceptible host through a portal of entry. A reservoir is a source of the agent, a carrier can transmit it, and a portal of exit is how the agent leaves a host.
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Question 13: pathogenicity
Question 14: portal of entry