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Fighting Disease:
Health At The End Of The Millennium
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Unit 2
Inside the Body: How Infectious Diseases Work

OBJECTIVES

  • Introduce the vocabulary of infectious diseases
  • Identify the agents that cause infectious diseases
  • Describe the characteristics of viruses, bacteria and protozoa
  • Identify the body's defenses
  • Describe the mechanisms by which the body defends itself
  • Describe the principles behind vaccination


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