title: [Types of sensitivity (author's transl)].
abstract: Pathogen-host relationships are interactions which, on the part of the host, in contrast to in vitro infections not only depend on the available substrate but require a specific sensitivity to the individual pathogen. According to the species of the pathogen, the host responds with either a local or generalized sensitivity. Whereas local sensitivity persists throughout life, a generalized sensitivity is changed to a local sensitivity after the initial manifestation, by the development of a general immunity. Phylogenetic arguments support the assumption that sensitivity and its differences are genetically determined.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D007109:Immunity; D007239:Infections / Q000276:immunology*; D013045:Species Specificity; D013559:Symbiosis; D014774:Virulence
vernacular_title: Die Empfänglich-keitsarten