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pathogen

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Contexto: "In December 2019, a cluster of patients presented with pneumonia caused by an unknown pathogen that was linked to the seafood wholesale market in Wuhan, China."
Fonte: Troiano, Gianmarco, and Alessandra Nardi. "Vaccine hesitancy in the era of COVID-19." Public health 194 (2021): 245-251.

Termo equivalente: patógeno

Definição: "Using this concept a pathogen is defined as a microbe capable of causing host damage."
Fonte: Casadevall, Arturo, and Liise-Anne Pirofski. "What is a pathogen?." Annals of medicine 34.1 (2002): 2-4.

Definição em português: "Patógeno"