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How is the Swine Flu pathogen different from the pathogen that causes disease?

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What is a pathogen that causes a noninfectious disease?
Pathogens only cause INFECTIOUS DISEASES. Non infectious diseases are caused by inheritance, nutritional deficiencies or through the environment (substance abuse).
What are the diseases which pathogen can cause?
Almost all diseases are caused by pathogens.
What pathogen causes lyme disease?
Borrelia burgdorferi
Does a pathogen cause disease?
Yes. "Pathogen" literally means "disease former".
What disease does swine flu cause?
Influenza. It is caused by this new strain of virus that was isolated in Mexico and is now known to be the underlying organism that caused the 2009 pandemic.