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when the host dies all it nutrients will go too and the parasite will get nothing so it will die if it doesn't get a new host
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∙ 6y agoIf the host dies too soon the pathogen won't have any chance to infect others.
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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 is an intermediate host that transfers a pathogen?
vector
How is the pathogen transferred to the host?
The pathogen can be transferred to the host in a number of ways, from contact to the transfer of bodily fluids. If someone sneezes that can be a way of contracting the pathogen in the air, for you may breathe it in. There are also waterborne diseases.
What is a pathotype?
A pathotype is a specific subset of a pathogen that has a specific pathogenicity on a specific host. For example, one pathotype of a virus may have no effect on you, but can kill your cat.
What are three things that can cause disease?
One needs a pathogen , a host and an environment conducive for the pathogen to infect the host.
Can A Pathogen kill a MOUSE?
yes
What is A pathogen's entry into a host's body tissue called?
Infection
What is a true pathogen and an opportunistic pathogen?
True Pathogen- are capable of causing disease in healthy persons with normal immune defenses ex. influenza virus, plague bacillus, and ect Opportunistic pathogen- cause disease when the host's defenses are compromised or when they grow in part of the body that is not natural to them
A pathogen that passes from one host to another Toxic or infectious?
It is infectious.
What is a saprotroph?
A pathogen that can exist on dead or decaying material in the absence of the host.
An animal insect or human whose body is capable of sustaining the growth of a pathogen is known as what?
An animal, insect, or human whose body can sustain the growth of a pathogen is known as the pathogen's host.
How germs affect the body?
Microorganisms are living things that are so small that they can not be seen by the naked eye. When a microorganism causes a disease it is then called a pathogen. A host is a scientific term used to refer to whatever the pathogen is living in. So a host could be an animal, such as a human, or even a plant. An infection occurs once a pathogen enters a host. Disease occurs after infection once the pathogen disrupts homeostasis, or "the balance", in the host's normal functions. The study of this process is known as pathology, and the process of a disease being caused by a pathogen in a host is called pathogenesis.
