Pathogens
Viruses, Bacteria and Fungi: What Is the Difference?
Compare three major pathogen groups, how they reproduce and why different infections require different responses.
Read ArticleThe ImmunoBlitz Learning Hub
Go beyond the game and explore the biology behind infection, immunity and disease prevention. These free guides are designed for students, educators, families and curious players who want to understand both the real science and the way ImmunoBlitz turns that science into an interactive model.
Learn the Science Behind the Strategy
Start with pathogens and the body's natural barriers, then move into immune cells, inflammation, vaccination, antimicrobial resistance and disease transmission. The final guides focus on how ImmunoBlitz works as a scientific model and how teachers can use the game in class.
Pathogens & Infection
Transmission
How Infectious Diseases Spread
Explore contact, respiratory, food, water and vector routes—and how prevention can interrupt the chain of infection.
Read ArticleAntibiotics
Antibiotics and Antimicrobial Resistance
Learn how resistance evolves, why unnecessary antibiotic use matters and why resistant microbes are a public-health problem.
Read ArticleHow the Body Defends Itself
Immune barriers
The Body's First Line of Defense
Discover how skin, mucus, cilia, tears, saliva, stomach acid and antimicrobial substances reduce pathogen entry.
Read ArticleImmune cells
Meet the Defenders: Macrophages, Neutrophils and Lymphocytes
Follow the response from rapid innate defence to B cells, T cells, antibodies and immune memory.
Read ArticleInflammation
Why We Get Red, Hot, Swollen and Sore
Learn why inflammation changes blood vessels, recruits immune cells and helps the body respond to infection or injury.
Read ArticlePrevention & Immune Memory
Vaccination
How Vaccines Build Immune Memory
Explore antigens, B cells, T cells, antibodies, memory cells and why some vaccines use booster doses.
Read ArticleImmunoBlitz as a Learning Tool
Scientific models
How ImmunoBlitz Models the Immune System
Examine what the game's waves, health systems, threats and interventions represent—and where the model simplifies reality.
Read ArticleFor educators
Teacher's Guide to Using ImmunoBlitz
Turn gameplay into classroom discussion, model evaluation, concept checking and evidence-based science activities.
Read ArticleRecommended Learning Path
1. Meet the threat
Start with viruses, bacteria and fungi, then explore how infections spread.
2. Stop entry
Study skin, mucus and other first-line barriers.
3. Fight what gets through
Learn about macrophages, neutrophils, lymphocytes and inflammation.
4. Prepare for the future
Explore vaccination, immune memory and antimicrobial resistance.
5. Critique the model
Finish by comparing ImmunoBlitz with real biology and using the teacher activities.
For Teachers
The Learning Hub can support lessons on microorganisms, infection, immunity, vaccination, antibiotics, public health and scientific modelling. Each article is designed to stand alone, while the Teacher's Guide provides ideas for turning gameplay into structured classroom learning.
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Play ImmunoBlitz, then return to the Learning Hub to investigate the biology behind the decisions you made.
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