Microbiology Fundamentals: A Clinical Approach
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9781259709227
Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor, Heidi Smith
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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The pathogen is known as an infectious agent or biological agent that causes diseases or sickness in the host body where these agents live and grow. Pathogen will alter the normal activity of the host cell. They are also called as a disease-causing microorganism.
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Microbiology Fundamentals: A Clinical Approach
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