What is the definition for pathogen?

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User: What is the definition for pathogen?

Weegy: A pathogen is used to describe an infectious agent — a microorganism, in the widest sense such as a virus, bacterium, prion, fungus or protozoan, that causes disease in its host.

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User: What is Salmonella?

Weegy: Salmonella is a group of bacteria that cause typhoid fever, food poisoning, gastroenteritis, enteric fever and other illnesses.

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A pathogen is a virus, bacteria, or organism that causes disease.

Salmonella is a rod-shaped, anaerobic bacteria of the genus Salmonella, as S. typhosa, that may enter the digestive tract in contaminated food.

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