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What is the best definition of the word pathogen?
An agent that causes disease, especially a living microorganism such as a bacterium
How can pathogens cause disease in the human body?
Pathogens can cause disease in the human body by invading tissues, releasing toxins, and triggering an immune response that can damage healthy cells and tissues.
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 does a DNA vaccine prevent future disease?
A DNA vaccine contains DNA from a pathogen but cannot cause disease. When the vaccine is injected into a patient, the DNA directs the synthesis of a protein. Antibodies are produced by the body against the protein. If the patient contracts the disease in the future, the antibodies in his or her body will be able to provide protection.
What is he invasion of the body by a disease producing organism?
A disease producing organism is a pathogen. An invasion of the body by a pathogen is an infection. Although an infection is a generalized name for the body's response to any invasion by any pathogen.
Are white blood cell pathogen?
White blood cells are cells in the immune system that help defend the body against infections, including pathogens such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi. They work by detecting and destroying pathogens to protect the body from illness and disease.
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
If a pathogen is in drinking water what will it cause?
A very broad answer to a very broad question... A "pathogen" as defined by a dictionary would be, "any disease-producing agent, esp. a virus, bacterium, or other microorganism." First- a "pathogen" in drinking water will cause nothing unless someone or something drinks the water or if the "pathogen" enters the body/host by some other means... Second- even once the "pathogen" enters the body it may still cause nothing, as the quantity of the "pathogen" must be sufficient to cause the would be disease... Third- because a "pathogen" could be any one of millions of things, what disease would be caused by your hypothetical "pathogen in the drinking water" would depend entirely on what it is... You should seriously consider being more specific about your question. If you are interested in a specific pathogen and the associated disease, please try again.
The purpose of the body's immune system is to protect the body from?
The purpose of the body's immune system is to protect the body from harmful pathogens such as bacteria, viruses, and other foreign invaders. It does this by recognizing and attacking these invaders to prevent illness and infection.
How is pathogens and non-pathogens alike?
Pathogens and non-pathogens are alike in that they can both exist in various environments and interact with organisms. However, pathogens have the ability to cause disease in their hosts, while non-pathogens do not typically cause harm.
What is the best definition of the word pathogen?
An agent that causes disease, especially a living microorganism such as a bacterium
How can pathogens cause disease in the human body?
Pathogens can cause disease in the human body by invading tissues, releasing toxins, and triggering an immune response that can damage healthy cells and tissues.
What do you call something that causes disease?
Pathogen or an anti-body
What do you understand by opportunistic pathogens?
Fungi tends to prefer temperatures that are below human body temperature, and to be in darker and moister areas than many tissues in the human body. Without a compromised immune system or other debilitation of the human, fungi generally are not able to survive in humans or cause an infection.
Give an example of how eukaryotic can cause an disease in an human body?
Protists and helminths can cause an disease in an human body. One of the best known diseases caused by protists in the genus Plasmodium is malaria.
What is considered a pathogen?
Any organism that causes a disease to it's host is considered to be a pathogen. A pathogen can be a bacteria, virus or a fungus. For example Bacterium -Strep Throat and Meningitis Virus - Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C Fungus - Athelete's Foot
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.
