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When the human body mobilizes its defenses against a pathogen the body recognizes the pathogens?
Surface Proteins
Substances that the body recognizes as foreign are called?
Antigens Antibodies neutralize these molecules.
When the human body mobilizes its defenses against a pathogen the body recognizes the?
antigen. Helper B and T cells most likely.
What is an avirulent pathogen?
An 'avirulent' pathogen is a pathogen which is not virulent.This is similar to 'atypical' which means 'not typical'
What makes a pathogen a true pathogen?
The dimention
What is an pathogen to measles?
Technically a 'pathogen' IS measels. A pathogen is a fancy name for Bacteria. And a pathogen is a bacteria that IS a certin disease. Hencforth, the answer to your question would be measles IS its own pathogen.
How do white blood cells recognize particular types of pathogen?
Lymphocytes make a different antibody for each pathogens. They have this 'memory' of a pathogen they had previously come in contact with. The person is then said to be immune to that disease, as the lymphocytes know immediately which antibody to make.
What is pathogen diseases?
pathogen means microorganism, so pathogen diseases means diseases caused by microorganisms
What happens to a person temperature if they have an infection such as influenza?
When the body is infected with a pathogen, the immune system recognizes the foreign bodies and raises the temperature to try and kill of the pathogens. This causes a fever, which is an increase in body temperature above 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit.
What is neutralizing antigen?
Its the antigen in a particular foreign body or pathogen that the body recognizes as "allo" or unfamiliar.. Maybe even harmful. So antibodies are produced against these antigens. And since they are 'neutralizing antibodies' it follows that the antigens they bind to are 'neutralizing antigens'
What are white blood cells that can engulf pathogens called?
once the White blood cell (WBC) recognizes a pathogen it will use its plasma membrane to engulf the pathogen (endocytosis). the plasma membrane wraps itself around the pathogen bringing it in to the cytoplasm of the cell. it then will break off once the pathogen is inside enough. the pathogen with its surrounding plasma membrane forms an vesicle inside the larger macrophage (WBC). the vesicle and its contents are digested by the cell through the use of digestive enzymes and lysosomes.
How many people does this pathogen affect?
You have to specify the pathogen.
