Synonyms for pathogen
ˈpæθ ə dʒən, -ˌdʒɛnpathogen

Princeton's WordNet

1. pathogennoun

   any disease-producing agent (especially a virus or bacterium or other microorganism)

Matched Categories

1. • Infectious Agent
   • Microorganism

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1. List of paraphrases for "pathogen":

   pathogenic, pathogens, disease-causing, bioweapon, inaequalis, pathogenicity

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1. pathogen

   Synonyms:
   Popularly, bug

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1. The Atlantic:

   Despite some shifting numbers, neither our vaccines nor our immune systems are failing us, or even coming close. Vaccine effectiveness isn’t a monolith, and neither is immunity. Staying safe from a virus depends on host and pathogen alike; a change in either can chip away at the barriers that separate the two without obliterating them, which is exactly what we’re seeing now.

2. Hannes Schroeder:

   Our ancestors lived in a different environment and had a different lifestyle and diet, and it is therefore interesting to find out how this is reflected in their microbiome,' it can help us understand how pathogens have evolved and spread over time, and what makes them particularly virulent in a given environment. At the same time, it may help predict how a pathogen will behave in the future, and how it might be contained or eradicated.

3. Andrew Cunningham:

   It's easy to point the finger at the host species, but actually it's the way we interact with them that has led to the pandemic spread of the pathogen.

4. Mike Taylor:

   In some areas, like E. coli O157 : H7, concerted strategies by government and industry have sharply reduced the number of illnesses associated with that pathogen.

5. Mr Stergiopoulos:

   We have demonstrated that two of the three most serious banana fungal diseases have become more virulent by increasing their ability to manipulate the banana’s metabolic path ways and make use of its nutrients, this parallel change in metabolism of the pathogen and the host plant has been overlooked until now and may represent a ‘ molecular fingerprint ’ of the adaptation process.