Describe the role genetics plays in the disease process of Streptococcus group A
Why are patients with Streptococcus throat present with specific symptoms such as sore throat, reddened posterior pharynx with white exudate on tonsils that are enlarged to 3+, Positive anterior and posterior cervical adenopathy?
What is the physiologic response to the stimulus presented in the scenario and why do you think this response occurred?
What are the cells that are involved in this process?
How would another characteristic (e.g., gender, genetics) change your response?
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