pathogen
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Users clearly want to know about the rodent-borne pathogen detected aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius, which is expected to arrive in Spain by Sunday.
From Barron's • May 8, 2026
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
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
"It expands the geographic frame for understanding how tuberculosis circulated in the past and highlights the value of integrating pathogen genomics into broader reconstructions of human history."
From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026
It does mean, though, that a human population as a whole becomes better protected against the pathogen.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing pathogen
Common Senses: Path ("Feeling")
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