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Bacterial Virulence Factors to Evade the Immune System
Evading the immune system is also important to invasiveness. Bacteria use a variety of virulence factors to evade phagocytosis by cells of the immune system.
- capsule
- coagulase
- antigenic variation
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Which of the following are considered bacterial virulence factors?
How do bacterial capsules contribute to virulence?
Which of the following statements best describes the role of bacterial siderophores in pathogenesis?
Which of the following bacterial virulence factors is primarily involved in evading the host immune response?
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Bacterial Capsule
Antigenic Variation
Which of the following bacterial virulence factors help bacteria evade the immune system?
How does the bacterial capsule contribute to evading the immune system?
Which of the following describes how coagulase helps bacteria evade the immune system?
What is the role of antigenic variation in bacterial evasion of the immune system?