Microbiology: An Introduction
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ISBN: 9780321929150
Author: Gerard J. Tortora, Berdell R. Funke, Christine L. Case
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 22, Problem 7MCQ
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Vaccine is an agent that gives active acquired immunity to microbes or its toxins or its cell surface proteins.
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D) is only available to infants
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Match each type of immunity in the left column with its associated example from theright column.
1.Artificially acquired passive immunotherapy
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Microbiology: An Introduction
Ch. 22 - If Clostridium tetani is relatively sensitive to...Ch. 22 - Prob. 2RCh. 22 - Prob. 3RCh. 22 - Prob. 4RCh. 22 - Prob. 5RCh. 22 - Prob. 6RCh. 22 - Prob. 7RCh. 22 - Prob. 8RCh. 22 - Provide evidence that Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is...Ch. 22 - NAME IT This organism causes meningitis and is...
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