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Microbiology Question: What is the difference between the innate and adapted immune response? Give an example...

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What is the difference between the innate and adapted immune response? Give an example of each please!


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Answer=1)Innate immune response-

a)Specificity-Antigen non-specific

b)Response time-Rapid response (hours)

c)Diversity-Limited

d)Memory-Absent or low

e)Major cell types-Phagocytes,NK cells and others

f)Distribution-Found in vertebrates and invertebrates

g)Examples-Mucus,Stomach acid

2) Adaptive immune response-

a) Specificity-Antigen specific

b) Response time-Slow response (days)

c) Diversity-Very high

d) Memory-Present

e) Major cell types-T and B cells, antigen presenting cells

f) Distribution-Found only in jawed vertebrates

g) Examples- A Person recovers from measles by adaptive immune response.

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