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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.