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

The team identified the T cell signals as cytokines that activate pathogen sensing receptors called toll-like receptors on innate immune cells.

From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 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

E. faecalis is an opportunistic pathogen often found in chronic infections such as diabetic foot ulcers.

From Science Daily • Jan. 20, 2026

Most human groups are a scattershot mix of HLA profiles, which means that almost always some people in the group will not get sick when exposed to a particular pathogen.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann