Respiratory immune strategies - Answer-- entrapment by mucus
- transport to throat via cilia
- phagocytosis by alveolar macrophages
Blood immune strategies - Answer-- phagocytosis by macrophages and granulocytes
- digestion by lysozymes
- attack by complement proteins
Bone marrow immune strategies - Answer-- phagocytosis by macrophages and
granulocytes
- attack by natural killer cells
Liver immune strategies - Answer-phagocytosis by Kupffer cells (specialized
macrophages)
Spleen immune strategies - Answer-- phagocytosis by macrophages
- attack by natural killer cells
Pathogenicity - Answer-qualities that promote the production of disease
Virulence - Answer-potency of the pathogen indicated by the ratio of the number of
cases compared to number of exposures
Infectivity - Answer-proportion of exposures needed to cause infection in an individual
Toxigenicity - Answer-ability of the pathogen to produce harmful toxins that increase
host cell and tissue damage
Antigenicity - Answer-level to which a pathogen is viewed by the host immune system
as foreign
Antigenic variability - Answer-process of eluding the human host defenses, often
consists of altering antigen presentation
Pathogenic defense mechanisms - Answer-ways in which a pathogen has developed to
avoid destruction by host
Coinfection - Answer-hosting two or more pathogens simultaneously
Superinfection - Answer-when an infection arises in addition to one that is already
present
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