Infection and Immunity

Duration: 13

Year Published: 1984

Creator: Ernst Klett

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Reviews the work of Pasteur, Koch, Behring, and Ehrlich and considers two major causes of infection--bacteria and viruses. Follows the course of a typical bacterial infection, detailing the body's defense mechanisms. Notes the development of sulfonamide and antibiotic drugs. Shows what happens when a viral infection occurs. Concludes by showing how a virus can be cultured in hens' eggs to produce a vaccine, explaining that this process weakens and inactivates the virus but does not destroy the antigens.

Complete Record: Reviews the work of Pasteur, Koch, Behring, and Ehrlich and considers two major causes of infection--bacteria and viruses. Follows the course of a typical bacterial infection, detailing the body's defense mechanisms. Notes the development of sulfonamide and antibiotic drugs. Shows what happens when a viral infection occurs. Concludes by showing how a virus can be cultured in hens' eggs to produce a vaccine, explaining that this process weakens and inactivates the virus but does not destroy the antigens., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.