specific pathogen

collocation in English

meaningsofspecificandpathogen

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specific
adjective
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/spəˈsɪf.ɪk/us
/spəˈsɪf.ɪk/
relating to one thing and not ...
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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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All animal experiments were performed underspecificpathogen-free conditions.
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All # rats were kept underspecificpathogen-free conditions.
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Despite suggestions that it might be triggered by viral or bacterial infections, nospecificpathogenhas been implicated.
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Each animal was housed underspecificpathogen-free conditions in iron-sheet cages with solid floors covered with 4-6 cm of sawdust during the experiments.
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Diagnosis was made by culture of thespecificpathogenfrom drainage material or tissue biopsy.
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Is this environmental agent aspecificpathogen, or is it a ubiquitous agent that acts only in the genetically predisposed?
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First, seemingly "new" antibodies must be expected to repeatedly arise in the next generation, but only because aspecificpathogendid not occur in the previous one.
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In vivo challenge experiments inspecificpathogen-free chickens were carried out to determine the level of colonization of caeca and internal organs early after experimental infection.
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It is also necessary to sow twice venous blood in order to identify thespecificpathogen(this requires two samples of blood).
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Cross protection of plants is important and is used to induce an immunity to aspecificpathogen.
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Histopathological examinations of diseased tissue provide some insight into thespecificpathogenor combination of pathogens that cause this disease.
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Some antivirals of this sort do not focus on aspecificpathogen, instead stimulating the immune system to attack a range of pathogens.
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It was never associated with aspecificpathogen, and the terminology is no longer in use.
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Eachspecificpathogenhas its own mechanism or pathogenesis, but in general the result is damage to the intestinal lining, leading to the inflammatory immune response.
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It can be used in for a variety of research and clinical purposes, including the detection of aspecificpathogenin a blood sample taken from a human patient.
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Throughout the lifetime of an animal, these memory cells remember eachspecificpathogenencountered and can mount a strong response if the pathogen is detected again.
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In addition, samples of milk are taken for testing, but the milk is not tested for specific pathogens.
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