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• n  any disease-producing agent (especially a virus or bacterium or other microorganism)

• Parents of these unimmunized kids know that as long as nearly all the other children get their shots, there should not be enough pathogen around to sicken anyone.
• The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a pathogen so wily and protean that researchers rarely talk about curing infected patients, focusing instead on treatment and .
• Still, the killer pathogen's identity was unknown.

News & Articles

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• 3M Food Safety Leverages Petrifilm Technology For Pathogen Detection
  3M Food Safety announces the launch of the 3M™ Petrifilm™ Salmonella Express System, a new pathogen detection technology that builds upon a solid platform of pathogen detection solutions. Immediately available worldwide, this system is focused on Salmonella, which comprises nearly half of all pathogen testing. Though not previously available as a pathogen test, 3M™ Petrifilm Plates have ...
  June 13, 2013 - FoodOnline
• New Pathogen Detection Tech from 3M
  3M Food Safety, a subdivision of the Healthcare segment of 3M Company (MMM), recently announced that it has launched a new pathogen detection technology known as '3M Petrifilm Salmonella Express System'....
  June 12, 2013 - Zacks via Yahoo! Finance
• New Pathogen Detection Tech from 3M - Analyst Blog
  3M Food Safety, a subdivision of the Healthcare segment of 3M Company ( MMM ), recently announced that it has launched a new pathogen detection technology known as '3M Petrifilm
  June 12, 2013 - Nasdaq

Quotes

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• Margaret Chan in Reuters UK
  We found in the gut of one biting insect, preserved in amber from that era, the pathogen that causes leishmania - a serious disease still today, one that can infect both reptiles and humans. In another biting insect, we discovered organisms that... George Poinar http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Poinar,_Jr.&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHPZ0hHH3l7qNV4q65gqIx-0SB1jw Times of India http://www.google.com/url?q=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Insects_caused_dinosaur_extinction/articleshow/2674068.cms&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFiFWqGIFX1xP4vsXpFBzJHYINqhQ Jan 3, 2008 72720 97301 pathogen No country can shield itself from invasion by a pathogen incubating in an airline passenger or an insect hiding in a cargo hold," Chan told reporters.
• Bonilla in University of Florida
  At this point, we don't know whether the increased health risk is due to pathogen exposure,Bonilla said. "To really understand this, a more comprehensive and targeted epidemiological approach is needed."