pathogen
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That data measures illnesses that include a fever and a cough or sore throat, which should capture the flu but may also include other pathogens.
When a lone professor voiced a dissenting view, the school reacted in the manner of an immune system greeting a foreign pathogen.
The finding offers early hope against a pathogen that has been difficult to control and nearly impossible to treat once it spreads.
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Fungi use the compound to help defend themselves from pathogens.
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Mitchell added that "The presence of the fecal-oral parasites we found suggests conditions were ripe for other intestinal pathogens such as Salmonella and Shigella, which could have triggered additional disease outbreaks."
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