organism that is infected by a pathogen

ability to fight off a pathogen

system of body defenses that helps to prevent all disease and is not for a particular pathogen

body defense that a person gets by being exposed to a pathogen

protein molecules found in the blood that fight infection and remember pathogens

chemical that jumpstarts the immune system to produce antibodies against a virus

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Question	Answer
pathogen	disease causing agent
host	organism that is infected by a pathogen
resistance	ability to fight off a pathogen
nonspecific immunity	system of body defenses that helps to prevent all disease and is not for a particular pathogen
acquired immunity	body defense that a person gets by being exposed to a pathogen
antibodies	protein molecules found in the blood that fight infection and remember pathogens
vaccine	chemical that jumpstarts the immune system to produce antibodies against a virus