Under which circumstance will a disease not spread beyond a few individuals in a population? If the rate of infection is lower t
han the rate of recovery, the reproductive ratio of the infection will be less than 1. If the rate of recovery is lower than the rate of infection, the reproductive ratio will be greater than 1. If the primary case infects a large number of people very quickly, the reproductive ratio will be less than 1. If the reproductive ratio is greater than 1, only a few individuals in a population will be infected.
The correct answer is - If the rate of infection is lower than the rate of recovery, the reproductive ration of the infection will be less than 1.
Explanation:
The rate of infection is the chances or occurence of new cases of infection in a particular population over a particular time period and the rate of recovery is the occurence of the recovery of an individual case over a period of time. These two rates determines if a disease or infection is spreading faster or lesser.
The higher the rate of infection to rate of recovery it is more lkely to be spreading rapidally and higher the rate of recovery the infection not spreading beyond few individuals in the population. In the later case, the reproductive ration of the infection will be less than 1.
