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immunologic diseases  

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  • Immunology is the field of science encompassing the study of the specialized molecules and cells involved in defending an organism against infection. Human immunology has its beginnings in the empirical observations of Edward Jenner on the prevention of smallpox in English milkmaids previously infected with cowpox. [Source: Encyclopedia of Disability; Immunologic Diseases]

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