Second, a swimmerâs body has a pH between 7.2 and 7.8, so if the. pool water isnât kept in this range then swimmers will start to feel irritation of their. eyes and skin. Keeping the pH in this range will balance chlorineâs germ-killing.
Examples of Pathogens and How They Spread. Any organism that can produce disease is a pathogen. The term came into use in the 1880s and is now used to describe any infectious agents â a bacterium, virus, viroid, fungus, prion and parasite-are all examples of pathogens. Through Body Fluids: Pathogen can infect you by entering your body through semen and blood. 2  Some of the most common examples of pathogens that spread through body fluids are hepatitis and HIV viruses. 3  Vectors: It's an animal that spreads disease-causing pathogens from one host to another.
The normal growth of the bacterial flora in the intestine is not an infection, because the bacteria are not harming the host. An organism which colonizes and harms a host's health is often called a pathogen. Examples include: We all develop a wide range of infections, but fight them off rapidly.