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attack rate

ah-TAK RAYT

əˈtæk reɪt

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attackrate

Dictionary meaning

proportion of exposed individuals who develop a disease during an outbreak; used to measure the contagiousness of a pathogen in a specific setting; high attack rates indicate efficient transmission

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