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A pathogen that is inactive unless it is inside a living cell is?
A virus.
What is a non living pathogen that invades body cells?
Viruses
What chemical is produced by a living organism that kills or inhibits growth?
pathogen
What is A pathogen that is inactive unless it is inside of a living cell called?
A virus
What is the medical term meaning ability of an organism to cause disease?
Pathogenicity is the ability of an organism to cause disease.
If a virus is a pathogen this means?
A pathogen is a microorganism that causes disease such as bacterium and viruses. All viruses are pathogens, which means they all cause disease it causes disease But a pathogen is a living organism and a viru s is not so its really argumentive.
What does it mean that a microorganism is non-pathogenic?
A pathogen = a virus. An organism, macro or micro, is alive, but viruses cannot technically be considered 'living.' Thus, non-pathogenic means 'not a virus'.
Are viruses pathogen?
Anything that causes disease is considered to be pathogenic. This includes viruses and bacteria. People who come in contact with certain of these organisms may become very ill.
In what three main ways do pathogens affect their host?
A pathogen (being something living from the goodness a body example: a tic living from a dog) 3 ways it can effect the host is: * disease of the host as the pathogen carried disease. * malnutrition of the host as the host can become weak due to the pathogen surviving from the hosts body. Example would be iron deficiency in the host, due to the pathogen using the hosts blood to live on * finally death of the host.
What are some diseases with a living pathogen in the environment?
Tuberculosis, Elephantiasis, African trypanosomiasis (Sleeping Sickness)
What is the best definition of the word pathogen?
An agent that causes disease, especially a living microorganism such as a bacterium
What infectious agents is not living?
Viruses are the only non-biological infectious agents; all otheres are forms of pathogen, which are bacteria.
