Question

Name the following:

Organisms like virus, bacteria and fungi that cause diseases.

Answer 1

Pathogens:

1. All animate agents such as viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoans, worms etc that cause disease are known as biological agents or pathogens.
2. The disease caused by such pathogens is known as communicable diseases.
3. These type of diseases spreads rapidly from one person to another by various means like contact, water, air, contaminated food etc. \
4. For example, cholera, typhoid, dengue etc.