pathogen
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Its infections were especially unlikely, however, involving a rodent-borne pathogen that rarely spreads from human to human but did on a vessel carrying fewer than 150 passengers.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
A more powerful approach, called shotgun sequencing, extracts genetic material from a patient’s samples and runs it through a machine that can flag an unknown pathogen.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
The new research, which draws on 40 years of global trade records and pathogen data, attempts to measure the relationship on a larger scale.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
She added that the drugs did not provide effective coverage against a Gram-positive organism, which was the most likely pathogen causing the infection.
From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026
In the second stage a former animal pathogen evolves to the point where it does get transmitted directly between people and causes epidemics.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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Common Senses: Path ("Feeling")
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