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Favorite Pathogen?

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Favorite Pathogen?

Postby Jillo725 » Tue Apr 27, 2010 6:57 pm

What's your favorite pathogen and why?

Mine is Ebola because the symptoms are incredibly terrifying! Untreated Syphilis when it starts effecting the central nervous system is up there though.

What's yours?! :D
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Postby JackBean » Tue Apr 27, 2010 7:01 pm

mine is human
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Postby Jillo725 » Wed Apr 28, 2010 6:01 pm

Haha. Good point. lemme rephrase...what's your favorite pathogen that afflicts human beings?
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Postby victor » Wed Jun 16, 2010 10:47 am

mine is MRSA (Multi-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) :mrgreen:
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Postby JackBean » Mon Jun 21, 2010 4:07 pm

human being? What about flu?
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Re: Favorite Pathogen?

Postby corey90 » Sun Jun 27, 2010 2:39 am

Mine is, Yersinia pestis! It's pneumatic, septicemic, and the notorious bubonic plagues aka "Black Death".
It state itself:Black Death.
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Re: Favorite Pathogen?

Postby shuban » Sun Aug 08, 2010 3:27 pm

Speaking of Yersinia Pestis, or pathogens for that matter... I have an article and animation written about it...

http://www.ppdictionary.com/bacteria/gnbac/pestis.htm

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