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infective
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in·fec·tive  (n-fktv)
adj.
Capable of producing infection; infectious.
in·fective·ness, infec·tivi·ty n.
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Adj.1.infective - able to cause disease; "infective agents"; "pathogenic bacteria"
morbific, pathogenic
unhealthful - detrimental to good health; "unhealthful air pollution"; "unhealthful conditions in old apartments with peeling lead-based paint"
2.infective - caused by infection or capable of causing infection; "viruses and other infective agents"; "a carrier remains infective without himself showing signs of the disease"
infectious
infected, septic - containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms; "a septic sore throat"; "a septic environment"; "septic sewage"
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We made 2 contrasting assumptions about the infectivity of blood preparations and evaluated the results of these 2 simulations: each transfusion (100% infectivity) or no blood transfusion (0% infectivity) from an infected donor leads to infection of the recipient.
Blood transfusion and spread of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease by Lower, Johannes / Emerging Infectious Diseases
The microbicide is a substance that will either kill or reduce the infectivity of the virus.
Of microbicides & vaccines by National Women's Health Report
At the practical level, the participants agreed that improved standardization in nomenclature combined with more consistent methodologies would greatly facilitate the comparison of isolates from different geographic areas and help to better establish the infectivity or virulence of subtypes.
Meeting report: application of genotyping methods to assess risks ... by Stevens, Melita / Environmental Health Perspectives
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