Threats and defence mechanisms
Barbora Vališ
MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY BA Biomedical Sciences
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THREAT AND DEFENSE 1 – LEUKOCYTES AND THROMBOSIS............................................................................... 5
CONSOLIDATION ASSIGNMENT 1 .............................................................................................................................. 23
THREAT AND DEFENSE 2 – BACTERIA & INFECTION ............................................................................................. 29
CONSOLIDATION ASSIGNMENT 2 .............................................................................................................................. 50
THREAT AND DEFENCE 3 – ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS ............................................................................... 51
THREAT AND DEFENCE 4 – ANTIBIOTICS ................................................................................................................ 65
CONSOLIDATION ASSIGNMENT 4: ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE AND VIRULENCE........................................ 77
THREAT AND DEFENCE 5: VIRUSES ......................................................................................................................... 84
CONSOLIDATION ASSIGNMENT 5: INFLUENZA ..................................................................................................... 100
THREAT AND DEFENCE 6: T-CELLS ........................................................................................................................ 107
CONSOLIDATION ASSIGNMENT 6: LYMPHOID ORGANS ...................................................................................... 123
THREAT AND DEFENCE 7: B CELLS ........................................................................................................................ 132
IMMUNOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES .............................................................................................................................. 148
PRACTICAL TRAINING LACK OF T-HELPER CELLS .............................................................................................. 154
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