human pathogen

collocation in English

meaningsofhumanandpathogen

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human
adjective
uk
/ˈhjuː.mən/us
/ˈhjuː.mən/
being, relating to, or belonging to a person or to people as opposed ...
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pathogen
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpæθ.ə.dʒən/us
/ˈpæθ.ə.dʒən/
any small organism, such as a virus or a bacterium that can ...
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(Definition ofhumanandpathogenfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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So the best evolutionary strategy for the strictlyhumanpathogenwas to seek a more or less commensal relationship with the host.
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Clearly, cattle distributed in a large pasture would be expected to have decreased exposure to thishumanpathogenfrom manure, feed and possibly water.
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Are we increasing the chance that ahumanpathogenmay find a new carrier?
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The first waterborne outbreaks of campylobacteriosis were reported soon after campylobacter was identified as an importanthumanpathogenin the late 1970s.
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It can occasionally become ahumanpathogen, especially in immunocompromised or otherwise weakened individuals.
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Although it is not normally considered an aggressivehumanpathogen, it has been isolated in some disease processes.
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It can be ahumanpathogenbut occurrences are very rare.
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The organism was first established as ahumanpathogenlate in the nineteenth century.
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Its significance ashumanpathogenwas not discovered before the 1950s.
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The chimeric virus was first described in 2006 as an apparently novel retrovirus and potentialhumanpathogen.
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An opportunistichumanpathogen, it is one causative agent of zygomycosis (more properly mucormycosis).
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It is an importanthumanpathogenin various anaerobic infections, often mixed with other aerobic and anaerobic bacteria.
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It is found in soils worldwide, but is considered as a rarehumanpathogensince only 38 cases were reported as of 2012.
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It has also been recognized as a causative agent of enteritis in cattle, but it is an uncommonhumanpathogen.
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This is not directly indicative of the presence or absence ofhumanpathogenin the test sample.
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It is ahumanpathogenthat causes the disease mycoplasma pneumonia, a form of atypical bacterial pneumonia related to cold agglutinin disease.
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The advent of agriculture opened new opportunities for potential human pathogens.
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Their roles as potential human pathogens remains to be explored.
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Dental units have the potential to retract and transmit human pathogens and recommendations fail to control patient-to-patient cross-infection.
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