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Emerging Pathogen

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-009316

An illness-causing microorganism that is either: 1) previously unknown to be a human pathogen; 2) not expected to occur in a particular food; 3) has caused a dramatic increase in new cases of illness. [FDA 2001]

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-009316
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesThesaurus of Terms Used in Microbial Risk Assessment
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-009316",
  "term": "Emerging Pathogen",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "An illness-causing microorganism that is either: 1) previously unknown to be a human pathogen; 2) not expected to occur in a particular food; 3) has caused a dramatic increase in new cases of illness. [FDA 2001]",
  "references": [
    "Thesaurus of Terms Used in Microbial Risk Assessment"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/emerging-pathogen/"
}

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