Prescott's Microbiology

11th Edition

ISBN: 9781260409062

Author: WILLEY, Joanne

Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION

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The collaboration between the cells and proteins that work together as a defense system against infection comprises the immune system.Each of them performs a variety of tasks to recognize and/or react against a foreign body.

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