pathogen
any disease-producing agent, especially a virus, bacterium, or other microorganism.
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- an·ti·path·o·gen, noun
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Plasma contains antibodies that people have built against the pathogen.
COVID-19 plasma treatments may be safe, but we don’t know if they work | Tina Hesman Saey | August 25, 2020 | Science NewsThe spread of this type of vaccine would be limited, but in Nuismer and Bull’s models, transferable vaccines could achieve high enough levels of immunization to potentially eradicate pathogens in wild populations.
Can Vaccines for Wildlife Prevent Human Pandemics? | Rodrigo Pérez Ortega | August 24, 2020 | Quanta MagazineUnlike the pathogens the T-cells are used to hunting, tumor cells are not that dissimilar to the body’s other cells and often share many antigens.
Scientists Used Protein Switches to Turn T-Cells Into Cancer-Fighting Guided Missiles | Edd Gent | August 24, 2020 | Singularity HubThat genetic trait is their Achilles’ heel, and that pathogen is the one thing that can take advantage of it.
Our Genes May Explain Severity of COVID-19 and Other Infections | Monique Brouillette | July 27, 2020 | Quanta MagazineThese observations, however, might not apply to the novel pathogen.
Why South Asia’s COVID-19 Numbers Are So Low (For Now) | Puja Changoiwala | June 23, 2020 | Quanta Magazine
This last capability of the virus appears to be how the pathogen is spreading between farms in different states.
Aporkalypse Now: Pig-Killing Virus Could Mean the End of Bacon | Carrie Arnold | August 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMost human infections are contracted by inhaling, ingesting, or inoculating a pathogen.
This Amoeba Eats Your Brain: Naegleria Fowleri Rattles New Orleans | Kent Sepkowitz | September 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe bacterium is technically a pathogen, so the USDA looks at it.
“The mosquito is really wily, but the pathogen is even more wily,” she says.
Mosquitoes Love Some People More and Science Wants to Know Why | Josh Dzieza | August 6, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTMalaria is a shape-shifter, like HIV, always reshuffling the deck to make a new pathogen.
Mosquitoes Love Some People More and Science Wants to Know Why | Josh Dzieza | August 6, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTpathogen′esis, Pathog′eny, mode of production or development of disease.
Pathogenet′ic, pathogen′ic, Pathog′enous, producing disease.
From these field and laboratory studies, it was concluded that the wilting and stunting were not produced by a plant pathogen.
British Dictionary definitions for pathogen
pathogene (ˈpæθəˌdʒiːn)
/ (ˈpæθəˌdʒɛn) /
any agent that can cause disease
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Scientific definitions for pathogen
[ păth′ə-jən ]
An agent that causes infection or disease, especially a microorganism, such as a bacterium or protozoan, or a virus. See Note at germ.
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Cultural definitions for pathogen
[ (path-uh-juhn) ]
A disease-causing agent. Microorganisms, viruses, and toxins are examples of pathogens.
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