KROK 1 2008 – Question 75 · KROK (Medicine) · Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
A patient recovered from Sonne dysentery and was once more infected with the same causative agent. What is such infection form called?
- A. Persisting infection
- B. Chronic infection
- C. Superinfection
- D. Reinfection
- E. Recidivation
Hint
Think about whether the patient was still ill when the second contact with the pathogen occurred, or had fully recovered and met it again from a new source.
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