risk of infection

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risk of infection - the probability of becoming infected given that exposure to an infectious agent has occurred

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probability, chance - a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible; "the probability that an unbiased coin will fall with the head up is 0.5"

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