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Grade 12Zoology

Whether all parasite are pathogens ,whether all pathogens are parasite

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9 Years agoGrade 12
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ApprovedApproved Tutor Answer9 Years ago
HI NIHALA
NO DEAR ALL PATHOGENS ARE NOT PARASITES. PATHOGENS ARE ACTUALLY DISEASE CAUSING ORGANISMS. SOME DISEASES ARE CAUSED BY VIRUSES AND BACTERIA ALSO. SO THEY ARE ALSO PTHOGENS
HENCE ALL PATHOGENS ARE NOT PARASITES.
BUT MOST OF THE PARASITES ARE PATHOGENS AS THEY CAUSE HAR TO LIVING ORGANISMS BY LIVING ON THEM
THANKS
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9 Years ago
Sir can you please tell me one parasite which is not a pathogen. Also whether disease causing organism in plants also called pathogens
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9 Years ago
THERE IS NO SUCH SPECIFIC PARASITE FOUND WHICH DO NT CAUSE HARM TO HUMAN BODY AND ACT AS PATHOGEN . BUT DIVERSITY IS VAST. SO WE CANNOT SAY ANYTHING. AT THIS LEVEL YOU CAN SAY THAT ALL PARASITES ARE PATHOGENS
AND YES DISEASE CAUSING ORGANISMS IN PLANTS ARE ALSO CALLED PATHOGENS