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. Peter Openshaw:

   Deliberately infecting volunteers with a known human pathogen is never undertaken lightly, however, such studies are enormously informative about a disease. It is really vital that we move as fast as possible towards getting effective vaccines and other treatments for COVID-19, and challenge studies have the potential to accelerate and de-risk the development of novel drugs and vaccines.

2. Eric Toner:

   We don’t have the ability to produce vaccines to a novel pathogen within months rather than decades and we don’t have the global public health capabilities that would allow us to rapidly identify and control an outbreak before it becomes a pandemic.

3. 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.

4. Venko Filipce:

   The patient tested positive for coronavirus... She is the first patient in North Macedonia to have tested positive for this pathogen.

5. Maria Van Kerkhove:

   This is a respiratory pathogen and so it is important that what we know fits into the guidance that we have, which is why a comprehensive package of interventions are required to be able to stop transmission, this includes not only physical distancing. It includes the use of masks where appropriate in certain settings, specifically where you can't do physical distancing, and especially for health care workers.