BIOL 1002 Lecture : Biology 1002 Notes
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5 to 75 times more which have not been classified. Can be either single stranded or double stranded dna or rna: 2. Capsid- protein coat which surrounds and protects genome: 3. Envelope- membrane (phospholipid bilayer) which surrounds the capsid. 1/3 world infected, 28 percent of us h1n1: 1957: asian flu, 69,800 people in the us died, h2n2, 1968: hong kong flu, the number of deaths between. September 1968 and march 1969 for this pandemic was. 38,800, making it the mildest pandemic in the 20th century h3n2: 2009 h1n1: now part of seasonal flu. Sweat/sebaceous glands secreting acids and natural antibiotics like lactic acid: b. mucous membrane- respiratory and digestive tracts well- defined. Low-grade (100-102 degrees f) fevers beneficial: slows downs microbial reproduction, enhances your immune system, specific immune response, a. reaction to specific type of microbe and provides future protection. **problem?: some will bind to body"s own proteins, these are destroyed before they mature.
