Microbiology: A Systems Approach
Microbiology: A Systems Approach
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ISBN: 9781259706615
Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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The first line defense mechanism that may beimpaired by smoking

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The immune system includes three lines of defense against foreign particle. It is a network of cells, tissues, and organs that protect the body from infection and disease. It has three lines of a defense system against a pathogenthat are first, a second and third line of defense.

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