What is the Immune System
An innate response is quick and general. An acquired response is slower and specific.
Acquired makes specific antibodies that attack to antigens and destroy them.
What is the Immune System?
4 Ways of Transmission
4. Animal Bites
3. Water and Food
2. Indirect Contact
1. Direct Contact
Animal Bite
Being bitten by an animal carrying the rabies virus
Water and Food
Eating foods, such as egg and meat that are infected by Salmonella bacteria
Indirect Contact
Being near someone that is sick and that could be contagious
Direct Contact
Shaking hands, sharing drinks, sharing bodily fluids with an infected person
Two Lines of Immune Defense:
Second line of defence has two parts Innate and Acquired.
First line is the skin and the linings of the bodies internal systems.
Infectious diseases are caused by germs called pathogens.
The Immune System attacks and destroys invaders like pathogens and antigens that enter the body.
