Pathogenesis
The organisms that grow and feed on organisms at the detriment of the host
What is a parasite?
Plasma cells secrete…
What is antibodies?
A Vaccine is a weakened or attenuated version of a ___.
What is Pathogen?
Environmental substances that trigger immune responses, despite not always being harmful.
What is Allergen?
The ___ consists of cells, tissues, organs, and the substances they make that helps the body fight infections and other diseases.
What is the immune system?
Usually relatively harmless, unicellular prokaryotic cells that compete with host cells.
What is Bacteria?
Mechanism where Antibodies may trigger an inflammatory response within the body
What is infamination?
When exposed to a pathogen, the ____ trigger a more potent secondary immune response
What are Memory Cells?
Allergens cause an ______ response, which results in reactions such as head, redness, swelling, etc.
What is Inflammatory?
There is a delay between the initial exposure to a pathogen and the production of ___.
What is Antibodies?
These ____ attack the body surfaces, including skin and mucus membrane.
What is Fungi?
Mechanism where soluble pathogens become insoluble and precipitate
What is precipitation?
This intergovernmental organization is responsible for recording disease incidence rates and immunization schedules in various countries.
What is The World Health Organization (WHO)
Antibodies attach to ____, priming them towards the allergen.
What is mast cells?
If pathogen exposure no longer causes the disease to occur, then the individual is said to be ___.
What is immune?
A ____ is an infectious protein that has folded to cause disease.
What is Prion?
Mechanism where Antibodies may occlude pathogenic regions
What is neutralization?
Memory cells may not survive a lifetime and individuals may subsequently require a ___ to maintain immunity.
What is Boster shot?
This causes allergic symptoms.
___ are long living, and survive in the body for many years, producing low levels of circulating antibodies.
What is memory cells?
_____ are metabolically inert, and can be DNA-based or RNA based.
What is a Virus?
Mechanism where cellular pathogens become clumped for easier removal
What is agglutination?
The first disease that was eradicated using vaccines was ___.
What is smallpox?
A severe reaction which can be fatal
What is Anaphylaxis?
If a second infection of the same pathogen occurs, then the antibodies will be produced more ___ than before.
What is quickly?