Microbiology With Diseases By Taxonomy (6th Edition)
6th Edition
ISBN: 9780134832302
Author: Robert W. Bauman Ph.D.
Publisher: PEARSON
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Hypersensitivity reactions also known as allergic reactions are the amplified immune response of the body towards harmless substances. Some allergic reaction can affect anyone but other reactions happen only to individual with inherited trait of expressing amplified immune response. Immediate-reaction hypersensitivity is also known as type I hypersensitivity. Type I hypersensitivity is triggered by the allergens and the person become “sensitized” by generating large amount of
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Microbiology With Diseases By Taxonomy (6th Edition)
Ch. 18 - Prob. 1TMWCh. 18 - Prob. 2TMWCh. 18 - Prob. 3TMWCh. 18 - Prob. 1CCSCh. 18 - Prob. 1MCCh. 18 - Prob. 2MCCh. 18 - Prob. 3MCCh. 18 - Prob. 5MCCh. 18 - Prob. 6MCCh. 18 - Prob. 7MC
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