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The molecules on pathogens that enable the immune system to distinguish one kind of pathogen from another are called?
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The molecules on pathogens that enable the immune system to distinguish one kind of pathogen from another are called antigens. Antibodies destroy pathogens by binding to the antigens on the pathogen.
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Which cells in the immune system identify pathogens and distinguish one pathogen form another?
T cells
Which cells in the immune system identify pathogens and distinguish one pathogen from another?
B cells and Helper T cells
Cells that identify pathogens and distinguish one from another?
Whits blood cells
Cells that identify pathogens and distinguish one from another called what?
White blood cells identify foreign or harmful cells
What is the difference between a primary and an opportunistic pathogen?
Primary Pathogens are the microorganisms that cause diseases in healthy individual. Opportunistic Pathogens are the microorganisms that are ordinarily in contact with the host and cause disease when the host's resistance is low.
Which term is another name for germ?
Pathogen
What is another term for infectious disease?
An infectious agent is a pathogen (germ). There are six kinds of infectious agents.Here they are listed:BactiriaVirusFungiHelminthPrionProtizoa.
What is another name for bacteria and viruses that cause disease?
pathogen
Can a parasite be a pathogen?
Parasite is an organism, that lives off another organism. Pathogen is something that causes disease in another organism. So the answer is "Yes". eg Malaria is a disease caused by a parasite.
What is another name for a disease causing microorganisms?
Pathogens
What is the another word for identify?
distinguish
A pathogen that passes from one host to another Toxic or infectious?
It is infectious.
