Microbiology: A Systems Approach
Microbiology: A Systems Approach
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Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Host has developed three line defense systems in which some are innate and nonspecific and some are acquired and specific. The nonspecific host defense system is protecting the host from all pathogen, whereas specific host defense system protects the host from specific pathogens. The three lines of defense system are first line, second line, and third line of defense system.

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