Micro 10: Immune Responses to Infectious Agents
This episode applies immunologic principles to real pathogens. Drawing from Murray’s chapter, it examines how the immune system tailors its response depending on the nature of the invading organism - extracellular bacteria, intracellular bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites each demanding different defensive approaches.
The episode emphasises that immunity is not one-size-fits-all. Antibody-mediated responses dominate in some infections; cell-mediated immunity is essential in others. Some pathogens evade complement; others survive within macrophages; still others subvert antigen…
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