Infection and Defence

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Decks in this class (31)

041 Vaccinations
What type of vaccine is used agai...,
What type of vaccine is used agai...,
What type of vaccine is used agai...
25  cards
038 Parasitic Diseases
What is the most pathogenic strai...,
What is malaria transmitted by,
What is the pathogenesis of malaria
23  cards
General terms and names
Cd25,
Foxp3,
Checkpoint proteins
3  cards
005 Virus structure and properties
What is the size of a virus,
What type of genetic material is ...,
What type of genetic material is ...
14  cards
006 How Viruses Multiply
What are the 4 steps of the viral...,
What occurs during the virus repl...,
Which type of virus can be detect...
15  cards
007 Bacterial structure and properties
What is the difference between a ...,
Which cell wall is susceptible to...,
Why cant mycobacterium be stained...
6  cards
008 Bacteria Ecology source of routes and transmission
Further down the gi tract what ki...,
What is the rate of nosocomial in...,
What type of bacteria is cdiffici...
5  cards
009 Cells and tissues of the immune system
List the innate immune cells,
List the adaptive immune cells,
What is the main innate immune re...
18  cards
010 Diagnosis of Bacterial Infection
What shape of bacteria is trepeno...,
Which bacteria are poorly visible...,
If a bacteria is gram positive wh...
26  cards
011 Innate Immunity
What does the pentraxin family of...,
Which tissues cells are toll like...,
Which tissues cells are transmemb...
14  cards
012 Transmission and epidemiology of virus
What is latrogenic infection,
How are papillomavirus transmitted,
What is an endemic
8  cards
013 Case Study: Sore Throat
What type of bacteria is spyogenes,
What occurs during alpha haemolysis,
What is the proportion of asympto...
12  cards
015 Medical Mycology: Fungi and Fungal disease
What is superficial candida infec...,
When may candida undergo hyphal s...,
Where do superficial dermatophyte...
24  cards
016 Antigen recognition by B-cells and antibody
What is the side chain theory,
What is burnetts clonal theory,
What does the bcr complex consist of
16  cards
017 Antigen recognition: T-cells and MHC
Where do t cells mature,
Which type of t cells generate im...,
Which type of t cells generate im...
23  cards
018 Humoral Immunity and antibody mediated responses
Which are the largest immunoglobu...,
Which part of the immunoglobin de...,
What is affinity
30  cards
019 Cellular Immunity : T cells and cytokines
What are the main sources of a il...,
What are the main functions of a ...,
What are the sources and function...
16  cards
020 How Bacteria cause Disease
Where is saureus normally found a...,
Which pathogen is protein a mostl...,
What is coagulase and how may it ...
18  cards
021 Antimicrobial Drugs
What drug class is penicillin,
What drugs can be used to inhibit...,
What is a significant cause of he...
17  cards
022 How viruses cause disease
How is yellow fever transmitted,
What is localised infection,
Why might rhinitis caused localis...
13  cards
023 Case study TB
What color does mycobacteria stai...,
Describe the cell wall structure ...,
What does acid fast bacillus mean
21  cards
025 Laboratory Investigation of viral infection
What is the main diagnosis method...,
How would you detect viruses on t...,
Which antibody test is used to di...
9  cards
026 Tissue Immune responses
Describe mucosal immunity in the gut,
How does cell homing work,
Describe the transport of iga mol...
13  cards
027 How microbes avoid the immune system
How does hinfluenze avoid complem...,
How does spyogenes avoid complements,
How are trypanosomes able to avoi...
13  cards
028 Immunological tolerance
Why doesnt the bodys own cells tr...,
Describe b cell selection,
Describe t cell selection
8  cards
029 Autoimmunity
What is hashiomoto disease,
What is myaethenia gravis,
What is graves disease
10  cards
032 Allergy and Hypersensitivity
Explain type i hypersinsitivity,
Explain type ii hypersinsitivity,
Explain type iii hypersinsitivity
14  cards
033 Healing and Repair
What is the difference between la...,
What is vascular endothelial grow...,
During remodelling of wound which...
15  cards
034 Transplantation
What are the 3 types of immunlogi...,
Why are xenographs currently not ...,
What can be used to inhibit il2 p...
8  cards
035 Case study Hepatitis
0  cards
036 Immunodeficiency
What method is used to detect imm...,
What are two immunodeficiency dis...,
What is a immunodeficiency diseas...
11  cards

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