How to Use pathogen in a Sentence

pathogen

noun

• About 75% of the dogs at Texas A&M tested positive for a known pathogen.
  — Linda Carroll, NBC News, 3 Dec. 2023
• But so too will constructing the genomes of novel pathogens.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 17 Feb. 2024
• Some pathogens, such as the Powassan virus, can transmit in just 15 minutes.
  — Timmy Broderick, Scientific American, 14 June 2023
• That means that hunters may now encounter wildlife that is more likely to transmit a pathogen.
  — Caroline Chen, ProPublica, 8 Aug. 2023
• Plus, the dye-free soil is made with pine bark that’s treated to prevent the spread of pathogens and invasive species.
  — Renee Freemon Mulvihill, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Jan. 2024
• The pathogen is known to affect various species of bees and is a leading factor of the bee’s decline.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 4 July 2023
• Foodborne pathogens kill thousands of people in the U.S. every year.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 18 Apr. 2023
• The microbiome also helps defend the body against pathogens.
  — Katie Mogg, NBC News, 28 Jan. 2024
• At the outer limit—in the case of rogue malware or pathogens—such drastic steps might be needed.
  — Mustafa Suleyman, WIRED, 6 Sep. 2023
• Research shows more than half of all the pathogens known to cause disease in humans can be made worse by climate change.
  — Zoya Teirstein, Anchorage Daily News, 19 July 2023
• They were exposed to a pathogen that goes by the name Logan Roy, and that disease is irreversible.
  — Vulture, 29 May 2023
• Lemon juice and hot sauce are not effective at killing those harmful pathogens.
  — Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 21 July 2023
• For one, hopping in the shower before bed cleans the skin after a day’s worth of exposure to dirt and pathogens.
  — Korin Miller, Health, 16 Mar. 2024
• There are two different pathogens that cause two types of boxwood blight.
  — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 27 Aug. 2023
• There are two different pathogens that cause two types of Boxwood Blight.
  — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 16 Mar. 2024
• Chlorine is added to kill pathogens, and then the water is pulled through filters and treated for drinking.
  — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2023
• Some of the funds would be distributed as grants to researchers studying the transmission of pathogens.
  — Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner, 27 Nov. 2023
• Some pathogens can cause symptoms within a few hours, while others might not cause symptoms for days.
  — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 11 Jan. 2024
• In fact, viruses constitute about two-thirds of all new human pathogens.
  — Raúl Rivas González, Discover Magazine, 23 Feb. 2024
• But the biggest cause is likely that pathogens have more opportunity to spread in the winter.
  — Tara Haelle, Scientific American, 19 Dec. 2023
• Why are the infectious doses of some pathogens higher or lower than those of others?
  — Tara C. Smith, Quanta Magazine, 27 Sep. 2023
• In addition, cane wounds caused by the thorns on crossing canes allow fungal pathogens to enter the cane, which can open up the plant to cane disease.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2024
• Vaccines contain harmless forms of pathogens that help to train your immune cells to recognize and fight them.
  — Aimee Pugh Bernard, Discover Magazine, 24 Nov. 2023
• Powdery mildews are caused by fungal pathogens that are specific to a host and thrive when the days are warm to hot with cool nights and high humidity.
  — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2023
• The spike in illnesses in children has been linked by Chinese health officials to known pathogens, according to the WHO.
  — Adam Sabes, Fox News, 30 Nov. 2023
• And a 2021 study in Nature Climate Change showed that climate change is increasing the spread of plant pathogens, including fungi, around the world.
  — Ayla Gard, Scientific American, 13 June 2023
• That makes nine human pathogens and counting, with three capable of causing mass death.
  — Dan Werb, Time, 11 July 2023
• The blood-brain barrier acts as a line of defense, making an extra wall around the brain to keep toxins and pathogens from getting into such a crucial area of the body.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 3 May 2023
• This can lead to surface runoff, which can contaminate water, spread pathogens, seed algae blooms and kill fish.
  — Bennet Goldstein, Journal Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2024
• Screening for pathogens and drugs Everything starts with collecting the sample at the sewage treatment plant, with a kit Biobot provides.
  — Alice Park, Time, 21 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024