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Consider a situation in which a person is infected with a certain type of bacter

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Question

Consider a situation in which a person is infected with a certain type of bacteria, develops an immune response, and clears the infection. Months later, the same person is infected with the same species of bacteria. Consider the speed of the immune response. The second innate immune response will be ____________ the first innate immune response, while the second adaptive immune response will be ____________ the first adaptive immune response.

the same as; slower than

the same as; faster than

slower than; the same as

faster than; the same as

QUESTION 28

A person is infected with Streptococcus pneumoniae, an extracellular bacterium. Which cells of the adaptive immune system will be the most important in the immune response to this bacterium?

Helper T cells and cytotoxic T cells

B cells and cytotoxic T cells

Helper T cells and B cells

B cells and neutrophils

Explanation / Answer

Consider a situation in which a person is infected with a certain type of bacteria, develops an immune response, and clears the infection. Months later, the same person is infected with the same species of bacteria. Consider the speed of the immune response. The second innate immune response will be _______same as_____ the first innate immune response, while the second adaptive immune response will be ___faster than_________ the first adaptive immune response.

Adaptive immune system consisting of Helper T cells and B cells.