increased susceptibility to infection induced morbidity/mortality +
increased susceptibility to parasitic infection +
increased susceptibility to prion infection
increased likelihood that an organism will develop ill effects from the small proteinaceous infectious particles which are resistant to inactivation by procedures that modify nucleic acids and which contain an abnormal isoform of a cellular protein that is a major and necessary component
increased susceptibility to viral infection +
Synonyms
Exact Synonyms:
decreased resistance to prion infection
;
susceptibility to prion infection