2. What is an infectious dose and what can it tell you about a microorganism? Would you develop an infection if you inhaled 1 Measles virus? Would you develop an infection if you ingested 1 Vibrio cholera bacterium?

2. What is an infectious dose and what can it tell you about a microorganism? Would you develop an infection if you inhaled 1 Measles virus? Would you develop an infection if you ingested 1 Vibrio cholera bacterium?

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Chapter26: Prokaryotes: Bacteria And Archaea

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