Infection and Immunity

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Intro to immunity
Who is credited with the first va...,
What is the basis of vaccination 2,
Name three functions of antibodies 3
20  cards
Defense against infection
What are examples of large pathog...,
List the size order of pathogens ...,
What are the main sites of infect...
23  cards
Innate defenses
What are the three main types of ...,
What is the role of macrophages 2,
What is the main role of neutroph...
20  cards
Humoral responses
Where do b cell precursors form 1,
What is the main process that giv...,
What are the two possible outcome...
30  cards
Cellular responses
What do t cell receptors tcrs rec...,
Which cells present antigens to c...,
How do t cells differ from b cell...
25  cards
Extracellular pathogens
What must happen for infection to...,
How do extracellular microbes spr...,
Where do naive lymphocytes enter ...
25  cards
Intracellular pathogens
What two cell types defend agains...,
What immune mechanism is required...,
Why is cell mediated immunity ess...
43  cards
Bacterial colonization
What are the three main types of ...,
What is mutualism 2,
What is the first obligatory step...
23  cards
Emerging bacterial infections
What is an emerging infection 1,
What is a re emerging infection 2,
What factors lead to decreased in...
22  cards
Melioidosis
What bacterium causes melioidosis 1,
Why is melioidosis considered und...,
What is the global annual mortali...
25  cards
Salmonella
What type of pathogen is salmonel...,
What are the two salmonella speci...,
Why are salmonella serovars so di...
28  cards
Shigella & Listeria
What gram status and motility des...,
What disease does shigella cause 2,
Which shigella species causes mos...
32  cards
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
What bacterium causes tuberculosis 1,
Why does mtb appear gram negative...,
What feature of mtb allows long s...
31  cards
Persistent bacterial infections
What distinguishes persistent inf...,
Name the major mechanisms used by...,
Which four pathogens commonly cau...
18  cards
Defenses at mucosal surfaces
What are the four main epithelial...,
What is the main protective layer...,
How does the skin impair microbia...
25  cards
Viral infection
How do viruses replicate within t...,
What is required for successful i...,
What determines viral tropism 3
20  cards
Viral immunopathology
What is a cytolytic virus 1,
What visible effect occurs in cyt...,
How does necrotic cell death wors...
24  cards
Influenza
What type of virus is influenza 1,
Which influenza type causes pande...,
Why do vaccines sometimes fail to...
23  cards
Emerging viruses
What is a stable virus host inter...,
What defines an evolving virus ho...,
What is a dead end virus host int...
21  cards
Smallpox
What virus causes smallpox 1,
What was the mortality rate of va...,
How is smallpox transmitted 3
20  cards
HIV
What family of viruses does hiv b...,
What is the defining feature of r...,
Which retrovirus subgroup include...
29  cards
Innate viral evasion
0  cards
Epidemiology
0  cards
Viral vaccines
What major public health achievem...,
How do vaccines significantly imp...,
What are correlates of protection 3
24  cards
Adaptive viral evasion
0  cards
NGS & Proteomics
0  cards

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