OVERVIEW OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
THE GOOD BAD AND UGLY OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
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Pathogen
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Infectious Disease
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Phagocyte
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Antigen
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Detailed explanation-1: -A pathogen is defined as an organism causing disease to its host, with the severity of the disease symptoms referred to as virulence. Pathogens are taxonomically widely diverse and comprise viruses and bacteria as well as unicellular and multicellular eukaryotes.
Detailed explanation-2: -Infectious diseases are illnesses caused by harmful organisms (pathogens) that get into your body from the outside. Pathogens that cause infectious diseases are viruses, bacteria, fungi, parasites and, rarely, prions. You can get infectious diseases from other people, bug bites and contaminated food, water or soil.
Detailed explanation-3: -Pathogenic organisms. Similar term(s): pathogen. Definition: Organisms, including bacteria, viruses or cysts, capable of causing diseases (typhoid, cholera, dysentery) in a host (such as a person).
Detailed explanation-4: -Anthrax. Brucellosis. Buruli ulcer. Capnocytophaga canimorsus. Elizabethkingia infections. Glanders (Burkholderia mallei) Hansen’s disease (Leprosy) Leptospirosis. More items