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Microbiology, Fifth Edition
Microbiology, 5/e
Lansing M Prescott, Augustana College
Donald A Klein, Colorado State University
John P Harley, Eastern Kentucky University
Medical Immunology

Chapter Overview

Understanding host defenses has many practical applications in the field of medicine. This chapter examines those applications. It begins with a discussion of vaccines and immunization procedures. It then describes disorders of the immune system. The chapter closes with a discussion of in vitro antigen-antibody interactions. These are particularly useful in diagnostic procedures.









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