Chapter16: Infection Control And Standard Precautions
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Describe host tissue specificity for pathogens.
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A pathogen is anything which is capable of causing disease in an organism. Germs or any infectious agent also refers to a pathogen. Pathogens are generally microscopic and thus their study is known as microbiology and the study of diseases caused by them is known as pathology.
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