Immunology Chapter 11

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What is the general term for a microbe that causes a disease? This is synonymous with pathogen.

Agent
What is an organism that is infected by a pathogen?

Host
This is a living organism that transmits an agent from one host to another.

Vector
This is an inanimate object that can become contaminated with an agent and facilitates transmission.

Fomite