When we shift from understanding disease to preventing it, the same framework applies. The infectious disease triad can be thought of as a three-legged stool. Remove any one leg, whether pathogen, ...

For years scientists have puzzled over why the intracellular pathogen Salmonella is able to survive — and thrive — in human and animal tissues, even within otherwise hostile cells that are part of the ...

Plants are susceptible to a wide range of pathogens. For the common potato plant, one such threat is Pectobacterium atrosepticum, a bacterium that causes stems to blacken, tissues to decay, and often ...

Pathogens are organisms that can cause disease. The different types of pathogens and the severity of the diseases that they cause are very diverse. In this article, we look at different pathogens, how ...

Pathogens don't always work against drug treatments. Sometimes, they can strengthen them, according to new research. Researchers have now looked at two pathogens that often occur at similar sites, ...