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Active immunity is when the body makes it’s own antibodies to fight disease Passive is when the body is given the antibodies by it’s mother through the umbilical cord or breast milk or injection (eg. The flu jab)
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All immunity we get after birth is called acquired It can be natural (biology) or artificial (medical science) It can be passive when we don’t make our own antibodies or active when we do
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Natural active immunity is when we make our own antibodies in response to an infection Artificial active immunity is when we make antibodies ourselves in response to a weakened or dead bacterium (with some intact antigens) being introduced in a solution by injection or sometimes other means.
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We don’t produce any antibodies ourselves Passive natural immunity happens when we are very young babies either in the womb (when antibodies pass through the umbilical cord) or via breast milk. This immunity lasts about 4 months that is why babies have injections at about 3 months as they dont yet have a strong immune system
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Again we don’t make any antibodies. They are injected in a serum produced from the antibodies of people who have become immune to a disease or animals. Sometimes to avoid allergic reactions to animal serum, they are produced in a laboratory having been grown in vitro (glass such as test-tube, petri dish etc)
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