| Question |
Answer |
| What are the categories of acquiring Immunity? | Active, Passive |
| What is the definition of Active Immunity? | Self Production of Antibodies following EXPOSURE to foreign Antigens |
| What are the ways of acquiring Active Immunity? | Natural, Artificial |
| How does a person gain Natural Active Immunity? | requires personal exposure to Live Microbes |
| How does a person gain Artificial Active Immunity? | requires Vaccination |
| What is a Vaccination? | solution containing killed Microbes (w/ Antigens intact) or genetically engineered Antigens |
| What is the definition of Passive Immunity? | TRANSFER of Preformed Antibodies obtained from an Immune Donor |
| How is Immunity gained through Natural Passive Immunity? | mother --> fetus transfer |
| How is immunity gained though Artificial Passive Immunity? | requires Antiserum or Antitoxin |
| What is Antitoxin? | concentrated Antibody Serum, aka pooled Gamma Globulin (mostly IgG) |
