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pathogen

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






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His accusers base this idea on questions raised by the first scientists who examined the virus in early 2021, literally days and weeks after it appeared and it was a pathogen new to everybody.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 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

Ebola is a highly dangerous pathogen, but it is not an airborne virus like flu or Covid.

From BBC Jun. 30, 2026

“If there was ever a question about whether there was a pathogen in our products,” McAfee later told me, “I’d be the first one to recall immediately, voluntarily.”

From Salon Jun. 22, 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

Those pathogens can then be transferred to the next creature the insect feeds on when it deposits saliva into that creature’s bloodstream.

From Slate Aug. 4, 2026

Then there are those that get sick, or become susceptible to pathogens fueled by the increasing temperatures.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

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

From MarketWatch Jul. 20, 2026

Taylor said at the time that it tests its products for pathogens and hadn’t found traces of E. coli.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

The failure of bee colonies was caused by a wide range of factors, including but not limited to pathogens, pests, pesticides, pollutants, habitat loss, climate variability, agricultural production intensification, and crop management practices.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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