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External defenses examples?
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lysozyme in tears, mucus and cilia in the bronchi, various acids and the use of rapid changes...
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Malaria?
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Plasmodium - has two separate life cycles for dividing, either in cells in the liver or in...
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Bacteria which divides outside cells?
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streptococci
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Mechanical barriers to infection?
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tight junctions between epithelial cells - skin, gut, lungs, eyes/noseLongitudinal flow of...
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Chemical barriers in the gut?
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low pH, enzymes (pepsin), antibacterial peptides.
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Antibacterial peptides produced by?
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skin, gut and lungs.
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Microbiological barriers?
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Normal flora - skin and gut
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Extracellular bacteria?
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Streptococcus pneumoniae - pneumonia
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Example of intracellular bacteria?
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Mycobacterium leprae - leprosyPlasmodium falciparum - malaria
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Disease with airway route of entry and transmitted by spores?
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Neisseria meningitidis - meningococcal meningitis
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Enters body via wounds and abrasions and transmitted by puncture wounds?
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Clostridium tetani - tetanus
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The four main elements of the vertebrate immune system that have probably evolved separately...
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- Complement mediated cell killing (most likely the earliest)- Antimicrobial peptides (the...
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