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a healthy 19 year old man recieves a tetanus immunization booster prior to induction into the US marines. 6 hours later,he has pain and massive swelling at the injection site.the following day,the skin breaks down forming an ulcer at the site.Which of the following events plays a critical role in this reaction?

A.Accumulatiom of mononuclear cells at the site of antigen injection
B.Antigen capture by langerhans cells in the epidermis
C.Local fixation of complement by preformed circulating antibodies
D.local release of histamine
E.predominant synthesis of IgM antibodies


please EXPLAIN ur answer
CC?

sounds like an arthus reaction
woah C is right,good one

can you please elaborate ur explanation???
oh okk got it bro
thanks for the answers