Microbiology Terminology 8&9: disease and immunity

Fungal infection of the skin by a dermatophyte

Gram -ve coccobacillus - cause of whooping cough

Acid fast rod- cause of tuberculosis

Bacterial Cause of stomach ulcers and cancers

Lack of resistance to a disease

Ability to ward off a disease

Immune defence against any pathogen

Resistance to a specific pathogen

Enzyme appears in perspiration, tears, saliva that can lyse bacteria cell walls

Cytotoxin that is toxic to leukocytes

Toxin that can kill phagocytes

Non specific immune functions that protect against pathogens

Substance that causes body to produce antibodies or sensitised T-cells

Proteins made in response to an antigen

Immunity developed during a lifetime

Antibodies produced by B-Cells

Type of immunity that involves T-cells

Another word for immunoglobulins

Antibodies and lymphocytes produced in reaction to antigens entering the body

Antibodies from mother to foetus via placenta and milk

Antibodies produced in response to vaccines

Preformed antibodies injected for diseases such as rabies

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