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Treating, curing and preventing disease - Edexcel Immunisations

The immune system defends humans from pathogens. Physical and chemical barriers prevent infection. White blood cells attack pathogens. Immunisations usually involve injecting inactive pathogens.

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Immunisations

Pathogens are microbes that cause . allow an inactive form of the disease causing pathogen to be introduced into the body, which contain a specific . This causes the , specifically the , to produce complementary , which target and attach to the antigen.

Pathogens are microbes that cause diseases Vaccines allow a dead or altered form of the disease causing pathogen to be introduced into the body, which contain a specific antigen.