IMMUNOLOGY AND SEROLOGY IN LABORATORY MEDICINE, 7TH EDITION 2025 LATEST UPDATE

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Part I: Basic Immunologic Mechanisms
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1. Highlights of Innate and Adaptive Immune Systems f f f f f f




2. Soluble Mediators of the Immune System
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3. Antigens and Antibodies f f




4. Cellular Activities and Clinical Disorders of Innate and Adaptive Immunity
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Part II: The Theory of Immunologic and Serologic Procedures
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5. Basic Safety in the Immunology-Serology Laboratory
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6. Quality Assurance and Quality Control Practices
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7. Basic Serologic Laboratory: Techniques and Clinical Applications
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8. Precipitation and Particle Agglutination Methods f f f f




9. Electrophoresis Techniques f




10. Labeling Techniques in Immunoassay f f f




11. Flow Cytometry f




12. Molecular Laboratory Techniques f f




Part III: Immunologic Manifestations of Infectious Diseases
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13. Infectious Diseases: Overview & TORCH Diseases f f f f f




14. Streptococcal Infections f




15. Syphilis

16. Vector-Borne Diseases f




17. Infectious Mononucleosis f




18. Viral Hepatitis f




Part IV: Immune Disorders
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19. Primary and Acquired (Secondary) Immune Deficiencies
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20. Hypersensitivity Reactions f




21. Immunoproliferative Disorders f




22. Tolerance, Autoimmunity and Autoimmune Disorders f f f f




23. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus f f

,24. Rheumatoid Arthritis f




Part V: Transplantation & Tumor Immunology
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25. Transplantation: HLA, Solid Organ, and Hematopoietic Stem Cells f f f f f a f




26. Tumor Immunology and Up-to-Date Applications of Next Generation Sequencing
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Part VI: Vaccines
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27. Primer on Vaccines f f




hapter01:HighlightsoftheInnateandAdaptive ImmuneSystems
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MULTIPLE CHOICE f




1. The―father‖ofimmunologyisgenerallyconsideredto be f f




a. Koch.
b. Pasteur.
c. Gram.
d. Salk.

ANS: B f




Louis Pasteurisgenerallyconsideredto bethe―fatherofimmunology.‖
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2. Anearlyform ofimmunizationwaspracticedbythe
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a. Romans.
b. Greeks.
c. Chinese.
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ANS: C f




Beginning about1000 AD,theChinesepracticedaformofimmunizationbyinhaling dried powde rs
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derived from the crusts of smallpox lesions.
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3. Aspecificfunctionoftheimmunesystemisto
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a. recognizeselffromnonself. f f f




b. defendthebodyagainst nonself. f f f




c. amplifyspecific functions. f




d. BothAand B. f f a




ANS: D f




Thefunctionoftheimmunesystemis to recognizeselffromnonselfanddefendthebodyagainstn onself.
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Suchasystemisnecessaryforsurvival.Theimmunesystemalsohasnonspecificeffector mechanisms
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thatusuallyamplifythespecificfunctions.Nonspecificcomponentsoftheimmunes ystem include
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mononuclear phagocytes, polymorphonuclear leukocytes, and soluble factors (e.g.
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,complement).
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, 4. Anundesirableconsequenceofimmunityis
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a. naturalresistance.
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b. acquiredresistancetoinfectiousdiseases.
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