Learning Objectives for "Bacterial Pathogenesis: Factors that Promote Colonization of the Host
6. The Ability to Evade Adaptive Immune Defenses"

After completing this section you should be able to perform the following objectives.

 

1*. State 4 four ways the antibody molecules made during adaptive immunity protect us against bacteria.

2*. Briefly describe at least 3 ways a bacterium might evade our adaptive immune defenses and name a bacterium that does each.

(*) = Common theme throughout the course

 

 

 

 

Gary E. Kaiser, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology
The Community College of Baltimore County, Catonsville Campus
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Based on a work The Grapes of Staph at https://cwoer.ccbcmd.edu/science/microbiology/index_gos.html.

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Last updated: August, 2019
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