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Susceptibility
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Lack of resistance to a disease
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Immuntiy
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Ability to ward off a disease
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Innate immunity
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Defense against any pathogen
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Adaptive immunity
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Immunity resistance to a specific pathogen
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Physical host defense factors of skin
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Epidermis (tightly packed cells with kerotine - protective protein)
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Physical host defense factors of mucous membrane
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Ciliary escalator; microbes trapped in mucous transported away from lungs
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Physical host defense factors of lacrimal apparatus
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Washes eye
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Physical host defense factors of saliva, urine, vaginal secretions
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Washes microbes off
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Host chemical defense factors of fungistatic
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Fatty acid in sebum
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Host chemical defense factors of lysozyme
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Antibacterial enzyme in: sweat, tears, saliva, and tissue fluids
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Host chemical defense factors of gastric juice and skin
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It has a low pH
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Host chemical defense factors of transferrins
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Bind to iron that impedes bacterial survival
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Host chemical defense factors of normal micorbiota
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Compete with pathogens
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Differential white cell count
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Percentage of each type of white cell in a sample of 100 WBC's
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Leukocytes
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WBC: neutophils, basophils, eosinophils, dendritic cells, monocytes, lymphocytes
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