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Where are B-cells and T-cells formed? How do they differ from each other?

B-cells are produced in the bone marrow. They also goes through maturation in the bone marrow.


T-cells are produced in the bone marrow but they mature in thymus.



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1

Certain pathogens are tissue/organ specific. Justify the statement with suitable examples.

 2

The immune system of a person is suppressed. In the ELISA test, he was found positive to a pathogen.

a. Name the disease the patient is suffering from.


b. What is the causative organism?


c. Which cells of body are affected by the pathogen?


 4

Given below are the pairs of pathogens and the diseases caused by them. Which out of these is not a matching pair and why?

 5

What would happen to immune system, if thymus gland is removed from the body of a person?