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WHAT IS SEROLOGY? ➤
➤
1798
Edward Jenner
➤ smallpox vaccination
Serology is the scientific study of serum and
other body fluids.
SIGNIFICANT MILESTONES IN IMMUNOLOGY SIGNIFICANT MILESTONES IN IMMUNOLOGY
➤ 1862 ➤ 1880-1881
➤ Ernst Haeckel ➤ Pasteur
➤ phagocytosis ➤ Live, attenuated chicken
cholera and anthrax vaccines
➤ 1885
➤ Therapeutic vaccination; first
report of live “attenuated”
vaccine for rabies
THE IMMUNE
SYSTEM
functions?
INNATE VS. ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY INNATE VS. ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY
Source: http://nfs.unipv.it/nfs/minf/dispense/immunology/lectures/files/evolution_immunity.html
Source: http://freaksnotgeeks.blogspot.com/2008/11/overview-of-adaptive-immunity-antigens.html
BODY DEFENSES: FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE BODY DEFENSES: SECOND LINE OF DEFENSE
➤ skin
➤ mucous membranes
➤ cilia
➤ normal flora
➤ acidity of the vagina
➤ secretions
➤ mucus
➤ sebum
➤ cerumen
➤ gastric juice
➤ tears
➤ sweat
BODY DEFENSES: SECOND LINE OF DEFENSE BODY DEFENSES: THIRD LINE OF DEFENSE
inflammation
phagocytosis
Source: http://freaksnotgeeks.blogspot.com/2008/11/overview-of-adaptive-immunity-antigens.html