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Give two examples to prove that diseases are organ and tissue specific.

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Organ SPECIFIC and tissue manifestation. human BODY has a NUMBER of organs, tissues and systems. every pathogen has developed adaptation to INFECT a particular organ, tissue or system. in some cases the organ or tissue specificity depends upon the portal of entry while in others it is not so. a few examples are mentioned as follows:
1. if disease-causing microbes enter with air via the nose, they are likely to go to the lungs, e.g., bacteria which causes T.B of lungs.
2. virus that causes HIV infection, enters the body through sexual organs during sexual contact and then tends to spread to lymph nodes throughout the body.
3. malaria-causing microbes are transmitted through mosquito bite, and MOVE to the liver and then to the red blood cells


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