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Infection vs Virulence - What's the difference?

infection | virulence |

As nouns the difference between infection and virulence

is that infection is (pathology) the act or process of infecting while virulence is the state of being virulent.

infection

English

(wikipedia infection)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (pathology) The act or process of infecting.
  • An uncontrolled growth of harmful microorganisms in a host.
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    Related terms

    * infect * infected * infectable

    Derived terms

    * spurious infection

    virulence

    English

    Noun

  • the state of being virulent
  • a measure of how virulent a thing is