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Pathogen
Pathogen is any disease-producing agent, especially a virus, bacterium, or other microorganism. It is an organism causing disease to its host, with the severity of the disease symptoms referred to as virulence. They include viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites that invade the body and can cause health issues.
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FEB 16, 2025Microbiology
Bacterial pathogens can cause serious infections. So many of them are becoming resistant to the effects of antibiotics t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 13, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
There are many symptoms that are common to a wide variety of diseases, like fever, which can indicate an infection, auto ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 05, 2025Microbiology
Antibiotics are a crucial tool in the fight against bacterial infections. But the World Health Organization has long war ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 04, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
Sudan virus (SUDV) can infect people to cause Sudan virus disease (SVD). Right now, an outbreak of SVD has been detected ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 30, 2025Microbiology
During winter in the Northern hemisphere, there is usually an increase in respiratory illnesses like influenza or respir ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 29, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is a crucial organelle present in all eukaryotic cells, including human cells. The ER pla ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 12, 2025Microbiology
Cases of norovirus have been surging around the United States in recent weeks. Norovirus is a very contagious pathogen t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 07, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
New technologies like wastewater surveillance have enabled public health officials to monitor the spread of infectious d ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 26, 2024Microbiology
Could getting a vaccine one day be as simple as applying an inexpensive skin cream? New research reported in Nature has ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 20, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Some species of the parasite Trypanosoma brucei can a serious and deadly illness caused sleeping sickness. These parasit ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 12, 2024Microbiology
Urological diseases such as urinary tract infections (UTI) and kidney stones are a serious burden and are considered the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 02, 2024Microbiology
Ribosomes are crucial to cells, because they translate messenger RNA molecules into the proteins that are necessary for ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 19, 2024Microbiology
Oropouche virus (OROV) was first identified in a human patient in 1955 in a fevered charcoal worker on Trinidad, a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 18, 2024Microbiology
New research has shown that a lack of dietary zinc can boost the chances of a lung infection caused by Acinetobacter bau ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 13, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists developed a genetic tool that can quickly identify nearly any type of pathogenic infection, including those c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 29, 2024Microbiology
Balance must be maintained among the trillions of microbes that live in the gastrointestinal tract. Beneficial microbes ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 21, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
The world is still in its seventh cholera pandemic, which has been surging since 2021, and case rates in various countri ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 01, 2024Microbiology
In recent weeks, 27 cases of Marburg disease have been reported in the Republic of Rwanda, and nine patients have now di ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 27, 2024Microbiology
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, which was caused by the SARA-CoV-2 virus, people have wondered where the virus ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 23, 2024Microbiology
Scientists are starting to learn about what composes a healthy microbiome, such as the bacterial species and the molecul ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 20, 2024Microbiology
For the past several years, millions of birds around the world have been killed or culled because of a highly pathogenic ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 13, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Two new research studies are addressing the rising threat of fungal infections, which can be very difficult to treat. On ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 02, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Our skin is a crucial, protective barrier that is considered to be a major part of our immune defenses. When pathogens t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 28, 2024Microbiology
Mosquitoes are the deadliest animals in the world because of the diseases they carry, indulging malaria and dengue. Mosq ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
FEB 16, 2025
Microbiology
Bacterial pathogens can cause serious infections. So many of them are becoming resistant to the effects of antibiotics t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 13, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
There are many symptoms that are common to a wide variety of diseases, like fever, which can indicate an infection, auto
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 05, 2025
Microbiology
Antibiotics are a crucial tool in the fight against bacterial infections. But the World Health Organization has long war
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 04, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
Sudan virus (SUDV) can infect people to cause Sudan virus disease (SVD). Right now, an outbreak of SVD has been detected
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 30, 2025
Microbiology
During winter in the Northern hemisphere, there is usually an increase in respiratory illnesses like influenza or respir
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 29, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is a crucial organelle present in all eukaryotic cells, including human cells. The ER pla
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 12, 2025
Microbiology
Cases of norovirus have been surging around the United States in recent weeks. Norovirus is a very contagious pathogen t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 07, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
New technologies like wastewater surveillance have enabled public health officials to monitor the spread of infectious d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 26, 2024
Microbiology
Could getting a vaccine one day be as simple as applying an inexpensive skin cream? New research reported in Nature has
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 20, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Some species of the parasite Trypanosoma brucei can a serious and deadly illness caused sleeping sickness. These parasit
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 12, 2024
Microbiology
Urological diseases such as urinary tract infections (UTI) and kidney stones are a serious burden and are considered the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 02, 2024
Microbiology
Ribosomes are crucial to cells, because they translate messenger RNA molecules into the proteins that are necessary for
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 19, 2024
Microbiology
Oropouche virus (OROV) was first identified in a human patient in 1955 in a fevered charcoal worker on Trinidad, a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 18, 2024
Microbiology
New research has shown that a lack of dietary zinc can boost the chances of a lung infection caused by Acinetobacter bau
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 13, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists developed a genetic tool that can quickly identify nearly any type of pathogenic infection, including those c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 29, 2024
Microbiology
Balance must be maintained among the trillions of microbes that live in the gastrointestinal tract. Beneficial microbes
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 21, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
The world is still in its seventh cholera pandemic, which has been surging since 2021, and case rates in various countri
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 01, 2024
Microbiology
In recent weeks, 27 cases of Marburg disease have been reported in the Republic of Rwanda, and nine patients have now di
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 27, 2024
Microbiology
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, which was caused by the SARA-CoV-2 virus, people have wondered where the virus
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 23, 2024
Microbiology
Scientists are starting to learn about what composes a healthy microbiome, such as the bacterial species and the molecul
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 20, 2024
Microbiology
For the past several years, millions of birds around the world have been killed or culled because of a highly pathogenic
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 13, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Two new research studies are addressing the rising threat of fungal infections, which can be very difficult to treat. On
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 02, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Our skin is a crucial, protective barrier that is considered to be a major part of our immune defenses. When pathogens t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 28, 2024
Microbiology
Mosquitoes are the deadliest animals in the world because of the diseases they carry, indulging malaria and dengue. Mosq
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch