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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Invasive Species Council of BC · 17 May 2024 English
PACIFIC SALMON (Oncorhynchus spp.) Pacific salmon is an iconic group of fish found in the genus Oncorhynchus of the family Salmonidae. [...] Five species of Pacific salmon have been integral …
(AIS) are non-native plants, fish, invertebrates, pathogens and diseases that have the potential to harm the …
Invasive Species Council of BC · 16 May 2024 English
ISCBC coordinates the charity and non-profit society making a difference Indigenous Invasive Species Network to support in the lives of people across British Columbia by communication and knowledge exchange on …
Risk Act (SARA) was introducing new diseases/pathogens (Dueñas created to legally protect wildlife species; … parasitism and by introducing new diseases/ pathogens (Dueñas et al., 2018). BC has the This literature …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 14 May 2024 English
Fate remains central to many cultural outlooks, and in our age of conflict, climate change, and pandemic, it features conspicuously in debates about the future. A careful examination of this …
invention of new technology, or the escape of pathogens from a foreign laboratory). Remote planning by …
IJC: International Joint Commission · 6 May 2024 English
• Including HABs in the LBMWQ study is designed to protect the health of the members of the public whose drinking water source is the Great Lakes, as well as …
human and ecological health. Emerging toxins and pathogens are now being found in the Great Lakes, likely … users to unsafe bacteria levels and waterborne pathogens, despite the advances in drinking water treatment … immuno- compromised people vulnerable to waterborne pathogens, wastewater infrastructure is aging, agricultural … been used as potential indicators of harmful pathogens in waterways for over 50 years (USEPA 1986). However … contribute to poor correlations between FIB and pathogens that have been reported in various studies (Ahmed …
National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health · 3 May 2024 English
Food food systems threaten our health and well- systems consist of several major components: being when workers are treated poorly, food is the food supply chain, people and institutions, produced …
risks of food-borne illness • Emergence of new pathogens affecting industrial and Indigenous food systems …
UMP: University of Manitoba Press · 3 May 2024 English
Beading fosters traditional methods of teaching and learning and enables intergenerational transmissions of pattern and skill. These conversations, interviews, essays, and full-colour reproductions of artwork from expert and emerging artists, …
communities in northern Canada situating beads as pathogens. This iconic installation was created in 2016 …
NCCIH: National Collaborating Centre for Indigineous Health · 29 April 2024
Indigenous Peoples in Canada experience disproportionately high rates of tuberculosis, driven in part by the long history of trauma they have endured due to colonialism. This report provides a review …
physical, environmental, types can kill foreign pathogens, in individuals exposed to the and social pathways … research leave mental and physical scars any foreign pathogens, including on the immune system’s response on …
McMaster Health Forum · 26 April 2024 English
Effectiveness of border closures/travel restrictions, screening and/or quarantine to control the international spread of COVID-19
Pandemics and Borders Project Pacific Institute on Pathogens, Pandemics and Society Faculty of Health Sciences … Frontiers for Research Fund. The Pacific Institute on Pathogens, Pandemics and Society (PIPPS) is funded by the … November/December 2021: Results from the OMTRAIR Study. Pathogens. 2023;12(2):354. doi:10.3390/pathogens12020354 …
McMaster Health Forum · 26 April 2024 English
Effectiveness of border closures/travel restrictions, screening and/or quarantine to control the international spread of COVID-19
Pandemics and Borders Project Pacific Institute on Pathogens, Pandemics and Society Faculty of Health Sciences … Frontiers for Research Fund. The Pacific Institute on Pathogens, Pandemics and Society (PIPPS) is funded by the … November/December 2021: Results from the OMTRAIR Study. Pathogens. 2023;12(2):354. doi:10.3390/pathogens12020354 …
CADTH: Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health · 18 April 2024 English
• The review addressed the following policy questions: ▪ In children with ongoing active ITP, what is the overall body of evidence supporting the use of TPO -RAs and rituximab …
first-line penicillin. Immunizations against the pathogens listed above may provide some protection for patients; …