Immunology Questions

1. Tuberculosis is a disease affecting? Lungs 2. What do macrophages attack? Foreign substances 3. Streptomycin is an antibiotic that works against what disease? Tuberculosis 4. Who was Robert Koch? Is the founder of modern bacteriology. 5. What is immunization and how does immunization work? Immunization is the process of becoming immune or to fight against a disease. It works by having your body injected with a weak sample of the disease which will help your body recognize the disease and when you get it, your body will be able to fight it. 6. How do T-cells and B-cells help the immune system remember pathogens? T-cells and B-cells help remember pathogen because when the T-cells gather enough information, it sends it to the B-cells, which form a plasma cell, then creates antibodies. 7. What is the difference between bacteria and viruses? Bacteria reproduces itself and viruses reproduce using cells. 8. Polio and influenza are cause by? Viruses. 9. How do antibiotics fight disease? Antibiotics fight diseases by killing them. 10. Why are antibiotics NOT effective against viruses? Antibiotics are not efficient against viruses because viruses are not a living cell it's just DNA or RNA, so since antibiotics attacks living organisms it dose not see the virus as a danger so it doesn't attack it. 11. Discuss why the developpment of sanitation methods has been effective in fighting diseases. The development of sanitation methods has been effective in fighting disease by preventing them from spreading even more.