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Track over information for virus? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pathogen

'virus?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'track over information' is the wordplay.
'track' becomes 'path' (synonyms).
'over' becomes 'o' (cricket abbreviation).
'information' becomes 'gen' (gen can informally mean information).
'path'+'o'+'gen'='PATHOGEN'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for pathogen that I've seen before include "source of disease" , "It makes us sick" , "cause of illness" , "Disease-causing agent" , "Disease-causing micro-organism" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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