pathogen
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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
Why do two people exposed to the same pathogen respond so differently?
From Science Daily • Feb. 11, 2026
We now have a much clearer picture of how humanity’s successes—population growth, food production, urbanization, globalization—have stoked pathogen evolution.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
They also applied the approach to bacterial samples from 400 patients with another severe lung infection caused by Mycobacterium abscessus, a close relative of the tuberculosis pathogen.
From Science Daily • Jan. 12, 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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