[Phagocytic activity of the leukocytes in certain infectious diseases in children].
1958
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MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D007223
Infant
A child between 1 and 23 months of age.
Infants
D007962
Leukocytes
White blood cells. These include granular leukocytes (BASOPHILS; EOSINOPHILS; and NEUTROPHILS) as well as non-granular leukocytes (LYMPHOCYTES and MONOCYTES).
The engulfing and degradation of microorganisms; other cells that are dead, dying, or pathogenic; and foreign particles by phagocytic cells (PHAGOCYTES).
Phagocytoses
D002648
Child
A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.
Children
D003141
Communicable Diseases
An illness caused by an infectious agent or its toxins that occurs through the direct or indirect transmission of the infectious agent or its products from an infected individual or via an animal, vector or the inanimate environment to a susceptible animal or human host.