A pathogen is a disease carrying vector that has the ability to spread using a variety of different mechanisms. A pathogen that is a contagion has the ability to spread through touch. An example of such a pathogen would be the one that results in staph infections.
The answer is C. A theory is an idea intended to explain why something happened. It may have not been proven correct e.g. Darwin's theory of evolution
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