Identify one type of pathogen or infectious agent. Describe ways to prevent the spread of the diseases this type of pathogen can cause and explain why these preventative measures are important.

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anonymous · Answer

I'm sure you can think of at least one... pathogens are just things that cause disease. Think of a disease, look up what causes it, and then we can talk about the rest of the question.

mayankdevnani · Answer

One of the most infectious agent is PRION..
Prevention-Use of synthesised human GH or other pituitary-derived products in place of non-synthetic pituitary-derived products would prevent iatrogenic transmission which cause Prion disease.
Because(prevention imp.) PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE.... prion diseases affect the structure of the brain or other neural tissue and all are currently untreatable and universally fatal..

mayankdevnani · Answer

@swami

anonymous · Answer

If you're going to talk about prions, @mayankdevnani, there are MUCH easier ways to explain how people get such diseases and how to avoid them. Think about the most famous prion diseases and what it was that caused just about everyone to block imports of British beef back in the late 90's/early 2000's.

mayankdevnani · Answer

then, i am sorry for that       @Calliope