4.1.1 Communicable Disease and Prevention – Types of Immunity Flashcards
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What is a natural immunity?
Immunity that is inherited or acquired in life’s normal processes.
What is an artificial immunity?
Immunity that is acquired as a result of deliberate exposure to antibodies or antigens.
What is an active immunity?
Immunity that results from the lymphocytes being activated and memory cells being produced.
What is a passive immunity?
Immunity that results from the introduction of antibodies from another individual.
What type of immunity is acquired in young mammals when they receive antibodies from their mother’s milk?
Natural, passive immunity.
What type of immunity is acquired through antigens entering the body when a person is infected with a pathogen?
Natural, active immunity.
What type of immunity is acquired when antibodies are injected into an individual in order to destroy a pathogen?
Artificial, passive immunity.
What type of immunity is acquired when antigens on a dead or weakened form of a pathogen are injected into an individual to prevent a disease?
Artificial, active immunity.
Which type of immunity is fast to act but has a short duration?
Passive immunity.
Which type of immunity is slow to act but has a long duration?
Active immunity.
