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Core Concepts in Health, 9/e
Paul M. Insel, Stanford University School of Medicine
Walton T. Roth, Stanford University School of Medicine
Immunity and Infection

Chapter Outline


This chapter deals with the processes associated with immunity and how the human body mobilizes the immune system to fight infection and internal changes.
  1. The chain of infection
  2. The body's defense system
  3. The troublemakers: pathogens and disease
  4. Supporting the immune system








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