Biology GCSE
Immune response
What Immune response means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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The body's defence that is weakened when immune cells are destroyed, reducing the ability to fight other pathogens.
The host immune response, together with the resulting damage, produces symptoms of disease.
Topics that use Immune response
- Communicable (infectious) diseases (AQA GCSE)
- Viral diseases (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- AIDS
- Antibiotics
- Antiretroviral drugs
- Cell damage and symptoms
- Communicable diseases
- Complications and risk
- Disease control
- Helper T cells
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