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EDC125 Immunology in Public Health

ND1 levelComputing & ICT12 topics

EDC125 covers 12 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Concepts of immunity, immunization and immunology
  2. Herd immunity and acquisition of immunity
  3. Factors affecting resistance to disease
  4. Nature of the immune system
  5. Antigens, antibodies and immune system components
  6. Structure and synthesis of antibodies
  7. Natural and artificial immunity
  8. Antigen-antibody reactions
  9. Hypersensitivity and allergic reactions
  10. Blood grouping and rhesus incompatibility
  11. Resistance to infection and immunity
  12. Immunization campaigns, schedules and surveillance

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Concepts of immunity, immunization and immunology

Immunity is the body's ability to resist infection or disease, comprising innate and adaptive components. Immunization is the deliberate exposure to a pathogen or its components to trigger protective immunity, forming the basis of public health vaccination programmes.

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