Pearson eText Bauman Microbiology with Diseases by Body Systems -- Instant Access (Pearson+)
Pearson eText Bauman Microbiology with Diseases by Body Systems -- Instant Access (Pearson+)
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ISBN: 9780135891018
Author: ROBERT BAUMAN
Publisher: PEARSON+
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Chapter 14, Problem 3SA
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The three portals through which the pathogens enter the body.

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Pathogens are the disease-causing agents and it create damages to the host by infection. Bacteria, fungi and viruses are the important pathogenic microbes to cause disease like enteric fever, HIV, flu, and skin diseases. Pathogens enter into the body through different ways but it mainly happens through three important portal system, like skin, mucous membrane, and placenta.

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