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Immunity is directed against a particular pathogen.
You'd most likely want to expose yourself to a "dead" version of that pathogen via vaccination.
antibiotics
An immune response is part of the body's defense against pathogens in which cells of the immune system react to each kind of pathogen with a defense targeted specifically toward that pathogen.
antigen
vaccine
Looking for antigens is part of a specific immune response.
The blood cells detect the pathogen The pathogens release toxins The blood cells make antibodies to fit the toxins ( they have to be a specific shape) The antibodies stick the bacteria together ready to be engulfed by he white blood cells The White blood cells remember the antibodies needed for that pathogen so they can make antibodies quicker next time the pathogen invades
Looking for antigens is part of a specific immune response.
Looking for antigens is part of a specific immune response.
Specific response
It is a non-specific Immune response as it does not change based on interaction with a pathogen and will activate regardless whether the pathogen in question has been encountered previously. Commonly referred to as being part of the "Second Line of Defence".