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of you have a tuberculosis infection, why doesnt the who body react when the antigen is injected during test


of you have a tuberculosis infection, why doesnt the who body react when the antigen is injected during test?

Respiratory Diseases - 2 Answers
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Because they used deadend/in-active cells of tuberculosis, it would be dangerous to expose the body to live cells of the infection. so they use inactive cells instead. the body reacts in the same way to inacitve cells as it does to active, but with inactive cells, you can't get infected with TB, whereas with active ones you can
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See my answer to your other question. The truth is that the "whole body" does mount or participate in the immune response. But it's only when we get a systemic response, like fever and chills, that we notice it. But even the most localized response as repercussions throughout the body



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