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ISBN: 9781260494570
Author: Raven, Peter
Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION
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To explain: How pathogens are recognized by the innate immune system.

Introduction: For a long time, the immune response of vertebrates to the pathogenic invasion was categorized into the specific and non-specific mode of defense.  Now, it is clear that it is not an exact view of the immune system. Thus, we now classify the immune system into two portions: innate and adaptive immunity.

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