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Immune Grab Bag
Misc.
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500 cases of Ebola in a population/ Total number of persons in a population x100=%
What is a Prevalence Rate?
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Contains physical barriers, chemical barriers and genetic components.
What is the first line of defense?
100
Antigen-Independent development derives from one source.
What is a lymphocyte?
100
Termed as antigen binding fragments.
What is the Fab portion of an immunoglobulin?
100
Hay fever is an example of this.
What is Type I Intermediate Hypersensitivity?
200
The total number of deaths in a population due to a disease.
What is Mortality rate?
200
Provides a passage way within and in-between tissues and organs.
What is the Reticuloendothelial system?
200
This marker plays an important role in self identification and identification of foreign matter.
What is the MHC? Major histocompatibility Complex.
200
Contains 10 antigen binding sites.
What is a IgM?
200
The most common delayed allergic reaction.
What is contact dermatitis?
300
1st patient found in Epidemiological investigation.
What is the index case?
300
Trigger local tissue inflammation to allergens.
What is Mast cell?
300
These lead to the destruction of infected host cells and other foreign cells.
What is a Cytotoxic T cell?
300
A monomer produced in first response and by memory cells.
What is IgG?
300
Bind to histamine receptors on target organs?
What are antihistamines?
400
When statistics indicate a that the prevalence of an endemic or sporadic disease is increasing beyond what is expected for a population.
What is an epidemic?
400
Phagocytes are able to recognize some microorganisms because of the invader signal molecules on their surface.
What is pamps? pathogen associated molecular patterns.
400
These divide giving rise to plasma cells, which release antibodies that attach to the antigen and mark it for death.
What is B Cell?
400
After recovering from an infectious disease this type of immunity is in place.
What is Natural active immunity?
400
Inhibit virus replication and cell division and increases the action of lymphocytes.
What are interferons?
500
The frequency and distribution of disease in defined populations.
What is epidemiology?
500
It starts with Chemotaxis and if all goes correctly ends with Elimination.
What is Phagocytosis?
500
In most immune reactions an antigen must be acted upon and presented to lymphocytes via this cell.
What is a antigen presenting cell? APC
500
Whole cell vaccines that contain live microbes.
What is a Live Attenuated Vaccine?
500
A series of rules that must be found to be true to determine a disease causing microorganism
What is Koch's postulates?