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Outline the three levels of defense of humans against the invasion of pathogens.
 
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In the course of an average day, we encounter pathogens (disease-causing agents) of many kinds: viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites. Fortunately, we possess several levels of defense against infection by pathogens. Each level brings an increasingly aggressive response. Humans have three levels of defense: (1) the skin and the organisms that inhabit it, (2) the innate immune system that uses nonspecific responses such as inflammation, and (3) the adaptive immune system, which mounts specific responses to infection.
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