title: Q and A: What is a pathogen? A question that begs the point.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, 1300 Morris Park Ave, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
authors.forename: Liise-anne
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Pirofski
authors.forename: Arturo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Casadevall
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000276:immunology / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000276:immunology / Q000633:toxicity; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions; D006801:Humans; D007108:Immune Tolerance; D014774:Virulence
chemical_list: D001427:Bacterial Toxins