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Role of defense cells, antigen, antibodies, plement and cytokines in immunity.? Different types of antigen and antibodies? Innate and acquired immunity humoral and cell mediated.? Different types of hypersensitivity reactions and mechanisms involved.? Role of MHC in antigen recognition and transplantation? Different types of immunodeficiency diseases? Autoimmunity, Tumor immunology? Importance of vaccines and immunization? Different types of antigen antibody reactions and their applicationHistorical Aspects1. Edwerd Jenner: Introduced the technique of vaccination using cow pox material in 1876. Jenner’s vaccination led to the eradication of small pox. 2. Louis Pasteur :Developed vaccine for anthrax and rabies (1881). He attenuated cultures of anthrax bacilli by incubating at higher temperature 4243 C proved that inoculation of such cultures of the anthrax bacillus induced specific protection against anthrax. His discovery of rabies vaccine is one of the remarkable discoveries in history of mankind. 3. Elie Metchnikoff (1883) Discover