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pathogen

[path-uh-juhn, ‑-jen] / ˈpæθ ə dʒən, ‑ˌdʒɛn /






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Chipotle in 2020 agreed to pay a $25 million fine in connection to the string of illnesses, which included outbreaks of norovirus, a pathogen that can be transmitted by food workers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

"A future in which pathogen samples and information move quickly, without needless delay; and in which the benefits that come from them reach the people who need them most, fairly and in time."

From Barron's Jul. 6, 2026

Davji Bhimji Atellah, KMPDU's secretary general, said the union "will not sit back and watch Kenya be treated as a containment colony for a lethal pathogen that we did not generate".

From BBC Jun. 22, 2026

“They couldn’t find the pathogen in our milk,” McAfee told me.

From Salon Jun. 22, 2026

The first is the lack of acquired immunity—immunity gained from a previous exposure to a pathogen.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Both pathogens can develop resistance and become "superbugs" that evade frontline drugs such as vancomycin.

From Science Daily Jul. 22, 2026

States can continue to report information on other pathogens to FoodNet, but they are no longer required to do so.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

“Cyclospora is one of the most notoriously difficult pathogens to detect in agricultural matrices.”

From MarketWatch Jul. 20, 2026

FoodNet used to monitor and track Cyclospora and other pathogens, like Listeria.

From Slate Jul. 17, 2026

These diseases must have been the evolutionary survivors of far more pathogens that tried to make the jump to us from animals—and mostly failed.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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