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Innate Immunity and the Kidney

Objectives This chapter will: 1. Briefly review essential features of innate immunity as the first line of defense against microbial invaders. 2. Describe the mechanisms by which the innate immune system rapidly recognizes danger to host viability induced by either…

Influenza and acute viral syndromes

Acute viral infections can produce a variety of clinical manifestations and differing degrees of severity. The vast majority of viral infections range from asymptomatic to mild, occur in the community, and are self-limited. Rarely, acute viral infections cause severe disease,…