Modified Mastering Microbiology with Pearson eText -- Standalone Access Card -- for Microbiology with Diseases by Taxonomy (5th Edition)
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Hypersensitivity reactions are also known as allergic reactions and these 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.
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