The phrase "alterations in the pathogen" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing changes or modifications in a pathogen, such as in scientific or medical discussions.
Example: "Researchers are studying the alterations in the pathogen to understand its resistance to treatment."
Alternatives: "changes in the pathogen" or "modifications in the pathogen".
This arms-race is responsible for this continuum of alterations in both the pathogen and the receptor which can be detected as signatures of positive selection.
The presence of bacteria in the urine in the absence of a major inflammatory response and hence symptoms, suggest that there are alterations in the host-pathogen interaction.
However, when the integrity of the microbiota is impaired through illness, stress, antibiotics treatment, physiological alterations in the gut, or change in diet, pathogens may become established [ 12].
The development of IBD has been linked to genetic factors, infectious pathogens and alterations in the composition of the gut microbiota (Jostins et al., 2012; Khor et al., 2011), even though the respective causal importance of these factors still awaits clarification.
Inactivation of some disease-associated genes led to alterations in the plant responses to a virulent strain of the pathogen.
Thus, we expected to find changes related to (chronic) host immunity, host-pathogen relationships and alterations in the mucosa.
Of these, 108 patients were excluded because of previously identified pneumonia pathogens in 49, alterations in the antimicrobial regimen 48 hours or more before ICU admission in 36, refusal to participate in 18, and for other reasons in five.
Histopathological interaction of T. harzianum with host and P. ultimum and P. capsici showed that the treatment involving only pathogens result in visible cellular alterations in the host root system.
Multiple pathogens have the potential for interaction resulting in negative impacts on host fitness or alterations in pathogen transmission dynamics.
On the contrary, the pathogen development in the resistant plants was characterized by alterations in the hyphal diameter in the early growth phases and a reduced colonization of the tissues.
