General Pathology

Infectious Disease

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Definition of infection
Route of entry of microbes
Spread in the body
Release from the body
Host-pathogen interaction
Host damage by microbes
Spectrum of inflammatory response to infection
Specific diseases: tuberculosis, malaria, syphilis

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