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A population of 20 people are found to have a viral gastroenteric infection based on microbiological sampling of their faecal specimens. Of these 20 people, one individual develops a measurable immune response, and this same individual develops clinically overt symptoms (mild fever and diarrhoea lasting 3 days with full recovery). Within their period of infectiousness, this population of 20 people transmit the disease on to another 200 people. Want Assignment Help?
Which of the following statements is correct?
- This viral gastroenteric infection has a high degree of pathogenicity, but a low degree of infectivity.
- This viral gastroenteric infection has a high degree of immunogenicity, but a low degree of pathogenicity.
- This viral gastroenteric infection has a high degree of infectivity, but a low degree of pathogenicity.
- This viral gastroenteric infection has a high degree of immunogenicity, but a low degree of infectivity.
- This viral gastroenteric infection has a high degree of virulence, but a low degree of infectivity.