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How the Immune System Works by Lauren Sompayrac. Blackwell Publishing, second edition 2003.
Nemours Foundation. Immune system. http://kidshealth.org/parent/general/body_basics/immune.html
Hornef MW, et al. Bacterial strategies for overcoming host innate and adaptive immune responses. Nature Immunology. November 2002. 3(11):1033-1040.
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