infectious agent
Germ or virus
An infectious agent is a microorganism or other entity capable of causing disease—bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, or prions.
The term appears in medical and public health contexts: The infectious agent responsible for the outbreak was identified as norovirus.
Also called a pathogen.
- germDisease-causing microorganism
- virusMicroscopic infectious agent
- common coldMild respiratory virus
- fungusSpore-bearing organism
- stomach bugGastrointestinal viral infection
helminth · pathogen · protozoan · spirochete · bacteria · tapeworm · mosquito · scrapie · airborne transmission · bodily fluids · mycoplasma · spore · disease vector · roundworm · zoonosis · spread · super spreader · patient zero
- hazardsfire hazard, fire hazards, toxin, contamination, tripping hazard
- bioweaponsanthrax, bioweapon, bioweapons, bioterrorism, biowarfare
- bloodborne pathogensHIV, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, Ebola virus, hepatitis
infectious agentcure
Treatment that heals
remedy · antidote · treatment · medicine · antibiotic
infectious agentprobiotic
Healthful live microorganism supplement
beneficial bacteria · symbiont · gut flora · mutualist · microbiome
infectious agentimmune booster
Agent strengthening disease defenses
restorative · healing factor · host · symptom
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