Compare exotoxins and endotoxins

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1. What is the difference between forward and reverse genetics?

2. Compare exotoxins and endotoxins.

3. What is involved in microbial virulence?

4. Explain why the portal of entry is important in the development of an infection.

5. Describe how microbes can escape your immune system.

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