Cause and transmission
The term for a macroparasite that lives inside the body
What is an endoparasite?
Bark is an example of this type of defence?
What is a passive defence (or a physical barrier)?
The process where a macrophage will surround a foreign particle and engulf it
What is phagocytosis?
Produced by plasma cells
What are antibodies?
A living thing that carries the pathogen from the reservoir to the host
What is a vector?
This is a microscopic organism that has a protein coat
What is a virus?
This is programmed cell death
What is apoptosis?
The arm of the adaptive immune response that is effective against pathogens in body fluids
What is the humoral response?
Clones of T cells that remain in the body to respond to future pathogens
What are memory T cells?
Pharmaceutical used to control bacterial infections
What are antibiotics?
This is direct transmission between mother and baby during childbirth
What is vertical transmission?
This is a molecule that the body recognises as foreign
What is an antigen?
This chemical is released by the helper T cells to activate the two arms of the adaptive system
What are cytokines?
Destroys an infected cells
What is a cytotoxic T cell?
Can be used to kill the pests of plants and animals
What are pesticides?
This is Koch's first postulate
What is the same micro-organism must be present in every diseased host?
The chemical that triggers vasodilation and increases vascular permeability
What is a histamine?
This triggers the activation of the helper T cells
What is an antigen present phagocyte (or macrophage)?
Protein molecule that recognises and binds to a pathogen
What is an antibody?
A disease that smokebush will hopefully treat
What is cancer or HIV?
This is a pathogen that causes degenerative diseases of the nervous system or brain
What is a prion?
The chemical that is responsible for the pain and fever of inflammation
What is prostaglandin?
The antigen binds to this on the outside of the macrophage
What is the MHCII?
The specific area on the antigen that can be recognised by the specific lymphocyte in the immune system
What is an epitope?
This is the ability of a medication to produced the desired outcome.
What is efficacy?