Any infectious agent that can cause disease is called a_______
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All pathogens are living organisms
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Pathogens can be visible with the naked eye or with a microscope
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The first layer of the body against pathogens is the _______
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_______ covers cells that line our respiratory and digestive systems and helps trap pathogens that enter the body.
Examples are amoebas, algae; can cause malaria
Any eukaryotic protist of the phylum or subkingdom Protozoa
Any of various infectious proteins that are abnormal forms of normal cellular proteins
Any of a large group of nonliving, submicroscopic infective agents that typically comprise an RNA or DNA core of genetic material surrounded by a protein coat
Causes Mad Cow Disease
An example is a tapeworm that can live and feed in human intestines
A single-celled, prokaryotic microorganism
Causes the Flu, Covid-19, common cold
Saprophytic and parasitic spore-producing eukaryotic organisms that lack chlorophyll
A large, eukaryotic, multicellular, parasitic worm