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Silent Infection

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Silent Infection
An infection lacking significant clinical signs of disease. Silent infections may be recognised only in retrospect—e.g., by a 4-fold increase in antibody titres to a particular pathologen, especially viruses
silent infection
An infection lacking significant clinical signs of disease; SIs may be recognized only in retrospect–eg, by a ≥ 4-fold ↑ in antibody titers
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