Question 2 • *GV 2018 - P.E. Health Science Concepts - PE361
Secondary immunodeficiency develops because of an illness or an outside factor that weakens the immune system. HIV damages immune cells, leukemia can disrupt immune-cell production, and splenectomy removes an organ important for fighting certain infections. Humoral immunity is a part of the immune system, and antigens trigger immune responses; neither is itself a cause of secondary immunodeficiency.
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