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Bacteriophages only infect bacteria, they do not cause disease in humans. The CDC and the WHO classify bacteriophages under biosafety level 1 because they rarely cause human infections. There are only a few exceptions where bacteriophages have causes disease in humans, and that was in a few select people with unique and rare genetic disorders.

The only real link between bacteriophages and actual human pathogens, is there ability to alter the genome of non-virulent bacteria strains; thus, producing more virulent strains. One example is Cholera. Most strains of Cholera are harmless, but it has been hypothesized that bacteriophages are partially responsible for 'producing' harmful CHolera strains due to the nature of viral host cell invasion.

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