Pathogens

In biology, a pathogen (Greek: πάθος pathos "suffering", "passion" and -γενής -genēs "producer of") in the oldest and broadest sense, is any organism that can produce disease. A pathogen may also be referred to as an infectious agent, or simply a germ. The term pathogen came into use in the 1880s. Typically, the term is used to describe an infectious microorganism or agent, such as a virus, bacterium, protozoan, prion, viroid, or fungus. Small animals, such as certain kinds of worms and insect larvae, can also produce disease. However, these animals are usually, in common parlance, referred to as parasites …

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CAFS: Center for Agriculture and Food Systems · 22 March 2024 English

Learn about current approaches and potential policy pathways for protecting pollinator populations in the United States.

threats to bee colonies today.48 Various invasive pathogens, such as the Israeli acute paralysis virus (identified threats to bee colonies today. Various invasive pathogens, such as the Israeli acute paralysis virus (identified


CEIP: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace · 21 March 2024 English

Rather than a single, tidy, institutional solution to govern AI, the world will likely see the emergence of something less elegant: a regime complex, comprising multiple institutions within and across …

for state and nonstate actors to design novel pathogens for biological warfare, turn drugs and compounds


EPRS: European Parliamentary Research Service · 20 March 2024 English

In line with its 2022 global health strategy (GHS), the expansion of international partnerships on health is a priority for the European Union (EU). As the 2020 Africa strategy underlines, …

Over the past three decades, more than 30 new pathogens have been reported across Africa, which faces comprehensive benefit-sharing mechanism for all pathogens of pandemic potential, while placing access and


World Bank Group · 20 March 2024 English

This Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) examines Liberia's development trajectory through the lens of the country's vulnerability to climate change. It identifies Liberia's development risks and opportunities, models various …

virulence of waterborne pathogens, and heavy rainfall events can spread pathogens and damage water and sanitation


World Bank Group · 20 March 2024 English

if not properly managed, can cause nutrients, pathogens and other bacteria to enter the ground water. sand filtration in the dispersal field to remove pathogens. • Contractor will arrange to supply all Project


Victorian National Parks Association · 19 March 2024 English

VEAC did not provide detailed timber resources is available to meet triggered by the Forest Industry The Labor Government's record on the The area around the Upper Thompson boundaries or …

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IPI: International Peace Institute · 19 March 2024 English

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CSE: Centre for Science and Environment · 18 March 2024 English

To address the slow progress of the SATAT scheme, the government issued guidelines in November 2021 allowing the co-mingling of CBG in the total domestic gas supplied to the CNG …

in MSW attracts viruses, bacteria and various pathogens, potentially causing severe and prolonged illnesses


World Bank Group · 18 March 2024 English

The Health Emergency Preparedness, Response and Resilience (HEPRR) Program has been screened for climate and disaster risks and been found to be highly exposed while risks to project activities are …

implications for climate change: a narrative review. Pathogens and global health, 116(1), 3-12. 55 Rieckmann


Feedback · 18 March 2024 English

This report maps the global financial flows to the world’s largest 55 industrial livestock companies – spanning the beef, dairy, pork, poultry, and animal feed sectors – as an update …

Evolutionary Implications for Parasites and Pathogens,” Evolutionary Biology 37, no. 2–3 (September


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