Problem

Pathogenic organisms

Other Names:
Infectious microbes
Disease-causing bacilli
Nature:

Bacteria, viruses, fungi and other microscopic organisms, broadly known as microbes or germs, cause many of the infectious diseases in the world and millions of deaths annually.
Broader Problems:
Hazards to human health
Environmental hazards in daily life
Environmental hazards of exotic species introduction
Narrower Problems:
Plant pathogens
Pathogenic fungi
Bacterial disease
Water-borne pathogenic amoeba
Strategies:
Studying pathogenic organisms
Destroying pathogenic organisms
Values:
Disease
Infection
Pathogens
References:
Smith, Mary M: Genus and Species of Pathogenic Organisms: a spelling guide to medical binomial terminology
Dixon, Bernard: Power Unseen: how microbes rule the world
Subject(s):
Biosciences → Bacteriology??
Biosciences → Biology??
Medicine → Pathology??
Problem Type:
D: Detailed problems
Date of last update
13.05.2019 – 20:49 CEST