noun

• A bacterium, virus, or other microorganism that can cause disease.

  ‘Symptoms and signs of influenza in children are not specific and can mimic a range of other common respiratory viral pathogens.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Such changes may also happen within a class, especially for bacterial pathogens.’
  • ‘A part of the stool sample was processed for the detection of bacterial pathogens.’
  • ‘These, similarly, do not support combination therapy for specific pathogens, when detected.’
  • ‘Pattern recognition receptors recognise structures common to many microbial pathogens.’