Question

(10Base your answer(s) to the following question(s) on the information belowand on your knowledge of biology.The hedgehog, a small mammal native to Africa and Europe, has beenintroduced to the United States as an exotic pet species. Scientists havefound that hedgehogs can transfer pathogens to humans and domesticanimals. Foot-and-mouth viruses, Salmonella, and certain fungi are knownpathogens carried by hedgehogs. As more and more of these exotic animalsare brought into this country, the risk of infection increases in the humanpopulation.State one way the human immune system might respond to an invading pathogenassociated with handling a hedgehog.

Answer 1

One way that the human immune system responds to an invading pathogen associated with handling a hedgehog is by the white blood cell will engulf and destroy pathogens.

We can associate this response to a humoral response in which our immune system will create an antibody and this antigen-antibody complex will detect a foreign body or pathogen and they will destroy it through phagocytosis.