Factors that determine the pathogenicity and increase the virulence of organisms include all the following except an organism's ability to:
A)avoid phagocytosis.
B)produce exotoxins and extracellular enzymes.
C)produce infection when host conditions change.
D)survive intracellularly when phagocytized.

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An organism's ability to produce infection when the host conditions change is referred to as an opportunistic pathogen.The other three statements refer to ways that a microorganism can survive the attack of a host's immune system and produce disease.

Factors That Determine the Pathogenicity and Increase the Virulence of Organisms