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  • Agent that causes an infectious disease.
    pathogens
  • Use of heat to kill bacteria in food and beverages.
    pasteurization
  • Type of disease that does not spread from one living thing to another.
    noninfectious
  • Resistance to a disease
    immunity
  • Send word to killer T cells and activate B cells.
    helper T cells
  • Special protein that attaches to a specific pathogen.
    antibody
  • Substance that helps your body develop immunity to a disease
    vaccine
  • Type of disease that spreads from one living thing to another.
    infectious
  • Kill cells infected with a pathogen
    killer T cells
  • Cell that engulfs microorganisms or viruses.
    macrophage
  • Disease in which cells divide at an uncontrolled rate
    cancer
  • The body system that attacks pathogens.
    immune system
  • A type of disease in which the body attaches its own cells.
    autoimmune
  • Cells that "remember" how to make antibodies for a specific pathogen
    memory B cells
  • Cells that produce antibodies.
    B cells
  • The overreaction of the immune system to harmless antigens.
    allergy
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