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Legionella uses C3B receptors to enter monocytes. This |
Inactivated complement |
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Chlamydia can prevent the formation of phagolysosomes and therefore can |
Avoid being digested |
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If the following are placed in the order of occurrence, which would be the third step? |
Formation of a phagosome |
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If the following are placed in order, which would be the third step? |
Activation of C3 |
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A human host can prevent a pathogen from getting enough iron by all of the following except |
Binding iron with siderophores |
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A decrease in the production of C3 would result in |
Increased susceptibility to infection |
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In 1884, Elie Metchnikoff observed cells collected around a splinter inserted in a sea star embryo. This was the discovery of |
Phagocytosis |
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Helicobacter pylori uses the enzyme urease to counteract a chemical defense in the human organ in which it lives. This chemical defense is |
Hydrochloric acid |
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Which of the following statements about IFN-? Is false? |
It is virus specific |
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Which of the following doesn’t stimulate phagocytes? |
Histamine |
