disease-causing agent

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A “breakthrough” simply means that a vaccinated person has tested positive for the disease-causing agent, not that they will become ill or transmit the infection to someone else.

From Scientific American • Aug. 4, 2021

Early vaccines against viruses were based on weakened, killed, or live but harmless versions of the disease-causing agent.

From Nature • Jul. 20, 2020

Just what disease-causing agent the tick transmits is still a puzzle.

From Time Magazine Archive