Synopsis
Using state-of-the-art graphics, Michael Mosley explains what happens when a virus enters our bodies.
- Programme: Inside the Human Body
- Episode: 04: Hostile World
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2011
- Biology | Infection and response | Treating, curing and preventing disease | The body's defence mechanisms
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