Cell-Mediated Immunity to Infection

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Abstract
In a number of infections (for example, tuberculosis) acquired resistance depends on a cell-mediated type of immunity rather than the classic antigen-antibody reaction. The mediating cell is a short-lived small lymphocyte, produced specifically in response to antigenic stimulus. In turn it mobilizes phagocytes at the infective site and activates them to become much more effective antibacterial agents.

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