infective
in fek tiv
- s able to cause disease
infective agents - s caused by infection or capable of causing infection
viruses and other infective agents
a carrier remains infective without himself showing signs of the disease
- If the H5N1 virus, the infective agent for avian flu, adopts a new lifestyle and moves directly from one human host to another, it would be because it evolved that capacity.
- AgION's microbicide is silver, a metal long known to have potent anti-infective properties yet lacking the tendency of many organic agents to generate resistance.
- If the H5N1 virus, the infective agent for avian flu, adopts a new lifestyle and moves directly from one human host to another, it would be because it evolved that capacity.