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Acquiring Immunity
Active & Passive Immunity
Question | Answer |
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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) |