Type 4 hypersensitivity reaction
It is a cell-mediated hypersensitivity which is also called delayed hypersensitivity. examples are- 1)contact hypersensitivity- plastic food bowls or poison ivy in humans 2)Granulomatous reaction to mycobacteria, coccidiosis, Histoplasma, Blastomyces. 3)lymphocytic choriomeningitis(hamsters, mice) 4)old dog encephalitis( canine distemper) 5) autoimmune thyroiditis ( also has type 2 component too) 6) keratitis sicca
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