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Lecture 01
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Immunology
Undergraduate 4
05/04/2013

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Term
Definition: Antigen
Definition

-Any molecule that can bind specifically to an antibody or generate fragments that are recognized by a T-cell receptor.

-molecules which have the potential to be responded to immunologically

Term
Antigen examples
Definition

-mostly proteins (not lipids)

-Immunogens

-bacteria

-bacterial components

-bacterial toxins

-virus

-viral components

Term
definition: Active immunity
Definition
directly immunize the animal that want to protect
Term
definition: passive immunity
Definition
vaccination of the mother to protect the immunologically naive newborn
Term
Definition: biologics
Definition

a preparation such as a vaccine or antitoxin derived from living organisms or their biproducts which are in some way related to immunology

 

Term
biologics examples
Definition

-vaccines

-bacterins

-antibodies

 

Term
definition: vaccine
Definition
killed or live virus
Term
definition: bacterins
Definition

-killed or live bacteria

-toxoids

Term
definition: antibodies/antiserum
Definition
pre-made antibodies
Term
definition: antibiotics/antimicrobials
Definition

NOT BIOLOGICS

-kill microorganisms

Term
Edward Jenner
Definition

-cowpox vaccine

-first vaccine

Term
Koch's postulates
Definition

-Robert Koch

1-diseased animals must yield an abundance of infectious organisms

2- the organism must be isolated in pure culture

3-the infectious organism must cause disease when introduced into healthy animals

4-it must be re-isolated

Term
Four types of infectious disease
Definition

-viruses

-bacteria

-fungi

-parasites

Term
Viruses
Definition

-20nm to 1um

-variable antigens

Term
bacteria
Definition

-100nm to 5um

-antigens: pili, toxins

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