Describe two ways in which a pathogen (disease-causing organism) can cause disease?
There are several ways in which a pathogen can cause disease. These can be seen in the Germ Theory of disease, made famous by Robert Koch.
These include releasing toxins (1) and damaging/killing local cells or tissues (2)
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