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Microbial Interference with Host Defenses BIOL 533 Lecture 8 Overall Strategies Defense against complement Subversion of phagocytosis Subversion of immune responses General Aspects Pathogen finds itself in hostile territory Host fights back and usually—but not always—wins Host’s defenses are interrelated and so are organism’s countermeasures General Aspects Given organism sometimes has numerous different virulence factors Does not have to harm tissue to be called virulence factor, although many do Have to determine precise role of each factor if a large number are involved Not always su