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
