What Is the Definition of a True Pathogen

question 22

Multiple Choice

What is the definition of a true pathogen?

• A) must cause diarrhea, vomiting, and fever in the patient
• B) causes disease within one week of infecting the patient
• C) can only be a bacteria or a virus
• D) does not require a weakened host to cause disease
• E) needs to passed from one person to the next

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Definitions:

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