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pathogen
/ˈpæθədʒən/
noun
Hastalık yapan mikroorganizma
A microorganism or agent that causes disease in a living organism.
- Bacteria and viruses are common types of pathogens.
- The pathogen spread rapidly through the population.
- Scientists are studying how the pathogen infects cells.
- Microbiologists identified a novel bacterial pathogen responsible for recent infections in hospitalized patients across multiple healthcare facilities.
- Agricultural quarantine measures aim to prevent foreign pathogen introductions that could devastate domestic crop production and livestock industries.
- Immunology research focuses on understanding how the human immune system recognizes and neutralizes different types of pathogen threats.