Infectivity
Infectivity has been shown to positively correlate with virulence, in plants. This means that as a pathogen's ability to infect a greater number of hosts increases, so does the level of harm it brings to the host.[2]
A pathogen's infectivity is different from its
transmissibility, which refers to a pathogen's capacity to pass from one organism to another.[1]
See also
- Basic reproduction number (basic reproductive rate, basic reproductive ratio, R0, or r nought)
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-19-966175-6.
- S2CID 924610.
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