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Pathogens that live and feed inside infected organisms are called?

Intracellular pathogens. These types of pathogens rely on living host cells to survive and reproduce, making them more challenging to treat with certain types of medications or treatments.


Are cells living or nonliving?

Living.


Paritcle of nucleic acid and protein that can reproduce only by infecting living cells?

These are called viruses.


Can you get an infection from sperm?

No. Sperm are not pathogens. Sperm are not viruses or bacteria. Sperm cannot reproduce themselves or hijack living cells in order to transcript its DNA or cause proteins to be produced.


These pathogens cannot reproduce on their own and they must invade other cells to multiply?

Viruses


How viruses use the cells of living organisms to reproduce. What is the type of cell used by the virus called?

host


What provides a defense against abnormal cells and pathogens inside living cells?

The immune system of the body provide a defense against abnormal cells and pathogens inside living cells. Generally this results into rise in temperature of the body. Therefore, fever is the indication of having war against abnormal cells and pathogens.


What processes provide a defense against abnormal cells and pathogens inside living cells?

The immune system of the body provide a defense against abnormal cells and pathogens inside living cells. Generally this results into rise in temperature of the body. Therefore, fever is the indication of having war against abnormal cells and pathogens.


Viral or bacterial germs that invade body cells are called?

Intracellular pathogens.


What is a microbe that attacks bodys cells called?

Pathogens


What is on kind of microbe that attacks body cells called?

A microbe that attacks body cells is called a pathogen. Pathogens can include viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites that invade host cells and cause diseases.


Can white blood cells ingest pathogens?

Yes, white blood cells can ingest pathogens through a process called phagocytosis. This allows white blood cells to destroy and eliminate harmful pathogens, such as bacteria and viruses, from the body.