You are working in a hospital a patient was brought in with fever and a severe headache. This begins a discussion when one of your colleagues stated that the patient has an infection you disputed that. What is an infection? How would you explain the difference between virulence, pathogenesis and opportunistic pathogen? Give examples.
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