Multiple Choice
Please select the CORRECT definition regarding interactions between hosts and microbes.
A) Immunocompetent-having a weakness or defect in the innate or adaptive defenses.
B) Parasitism-relationship between two organisms in which one partner benefits and the other is unaffected.
C) Dysbiosis-an imbalance in the microbiome that may be caused by taking antimicrobial medications.
D) Secondary infection-infection in a previously healthy person, such as measles in a child who has not had measles before.
E) Fc receptors-molecule that binds the antigen-binding region of an antibody.
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