Immune lists.txt

8 ways in which microbes actually damage the body
- dippihot
- Destroy cell membranes of healthy cells
- Induce allergic reactions
- Produce toxins
- Produce high fevers
- Induce hearth arrhythmias
- Hemolysis (rbc destruction)
- Occlude capillaries to the brain
- Tissue necrosis
4 body mechanisms for protecting against microbial invasion
- Blif
- Blood clotting
- Lysozomes of tears which is anti-microbial
- Interferon which is antiviral
- Fever
5 specific body reactions and responses to allergens
- Bassn
- Bronchial constriction
- Arterial constriction
- Swelling of tissue
- Slows nerve impulses to the heart
- Nasal and lacrimal (tears) constriction
4 horizontal routes of bact transmission
- Aquired from other by direct contact
- Aerosol transmission of infectious secretions
- From contaminated inanimate objects
- Animate insect vectors
Vertical routes of bact transmission

Only mother to fetus
8 specific horizontal transmissions
- Frssbegz
- Fecal- oral
- Respiratory spread
- Skin to skin transfer
- Salivary spread
- Blood borne transmission
- Eye to eye contact
- Genital transmission
- Zoonotic transmission

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Immune lists.txt

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Immunity questions

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