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Immunology Overview
Edward jenner and vaccination,
What is the only disease eradicat...,
Why does the small pox vaccine work
52
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3. Defence against infection
What different things can be huma...,
What cells does hiv1 infect,
What is the number 1 killer if yo...
54
cards
4. Innate defence
What are the phagocytic cells,
What is the phagocytic precursor,
What are macrophages also known as
56
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5. Humoral responses
What cells are involved in the hu...,
Where do b cells develop and mature,
What is the b cell receptor
68
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6. Cellular responses
What cells are involved in the ce...
1
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10. Bacterial colonisation
Mutualism,
Mutualism example,
Commensalism
51
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11 + 12. Emerging bacterial infections
What is an emerging infection,
What is a re emerging infection,
What are some misconceptions abou...
73
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14. Shigella and listeria
What type of pathogens are shigel...,
Why are shigella and listeria imp...,
How do shigella and listeria infe...
34
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15. Mycobacteria
How do we know tb is very old,
Why are mortality rate for tb hig...,
Why are cases of tb declining
43
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16. Host Pattern Recognition and Avoidance
Why could allergy and autoimmune ...,
What is transient exposure,
What is the most common type of e...
52
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17. Persistent bacterial infection
How does a persistent infection d...,
What drives persistence,
What is lyme disease
45
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18. Innate defence at mucosal surfaces
What are mucosal surfaces not,
What makes up the largest organ i...,
What is the general structure of ...
51
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19. Patterns of Viral Infection
What are viruses,
What do the different viral genom...,
What is the problem with differen...
40
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20. Viral immunopathology
What are the 3 ways viruses cause...,
What types of direct injury,
What happens in response to cytol...
32
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21. Influenza
What is the structure of the infl...,
What are the 3 influenza viruses,
Which is the most important influ...
64
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22. Emerging viruses
What are the 4 states of host vir...,
What is a stable virus host inter...,
What is an evolving host virus in...
48
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23. Smallpox
What causes smallpox,
What was the first disease contro...,
What was the mortality of smallpox
47
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24. HIV
What type of virus is hiv,
What genus of retroviridae does h...,
What species does hiv infect
76
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25. Viral Evasion of the Innate Immune Response
What is the innate immune response,
What can the innate immune respon...,
What encodes innate defence cells
75
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26. Viral evasion of the adaptive immune response
What are 4 things to remember abo...,
What is the main viral defence,
What are the 4 ways viruses evade...
58
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27. Viral Vaccines
Who do infectious diseases mostly...,
What are the current diseases gro...,
Why are vaccines not the magic bu...
60
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28. Infectious disease epidemiology
What are infectious diseases,
How can infectious diseases be tr...,
What can cause an infectious disease
76
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