Biology GCSE
Pathogens
What Pathogens means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA, OCR.
Definitions of Pathogens
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Reference: OCR
Biological agents including viruses, bacteria, fungi, and protists that cause infectious illnesses which can spread between individuals.
Organisms that cause communicable diseases, which can pass from one organism to another.
Bacteria, viruses, fungi and protists that cause communicable diseases.
Topics that use Pathogens
- Communicable (infectious) diseases (AQA GCSE)
- Health issues (AQA GCSE)
- Monitoring and maintaining health (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Communicable diseases
- Health
- non-communicable diseases
- Vectors
- AIDS
- airborne droplets
- Antibiotics
- antibiotics versus antivirals
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