Biology GCSE
Prevention of infection
What Prevention of infection means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Prevention of infection
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Because antibodies are produced quickly, pathogen numbers are controlled before symptoms develop, preventing infection.
Topics that use Prevention of infection
- Vaccination (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Antigens and antibodies
- Herd immunity
- Immunity
- immunological memory
- Memory cells
- Specific immune response
- Vaccination
- Antigen–antibody binding
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