pathogen
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"People around the world are still fighting against this pathogen -- there is currently an outbreak of sheeppox in Greece, causing much economic damage," said Louis L'Hôte.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026
This finding highlights an important distinction between the total number of ticks in an environment and the proportion carrying the pathogen.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026
"These immune cells unleash chemical warfare against a pathogen, and organisms have evolved an elegant way of protecting healthy cells at the same time."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026
One growing concern involves another fungal pathogen, B. salamandrivorans, which is threatening salamander populations in Europe and could pose a serious danger to salamanders in North America.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 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
Their work suggests that materials preserved for entirely different purposes may contain valuable clues about the emergence, spread, and evolution of pathogens that continue to affect the world today.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026
"Ancient genomes can help us understand how these pathogens affecting us today evolved. We find that unlike the smallpox virus, the sheeppox virus genome was very stable over the last few millennia."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026
Samples tested found norovirus, campylobacter, shigella and "other pathogens that cause stomach cramps and diarrhoea", officials said.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
People with this condition are particularly vulnerable to recurrent bacterial and fungal infections because their immune cells cannot eliminate some pathogens effectively.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
All those microbes are still at an early stage in their evolution into specialized human pathogens.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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