• In immunology, passive immunity is the transfer of active humoral immunity of ready-made antibodies. Passive immunity can occur naturally, when maternal...
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  • biology, immunity is the state of being insusceptible or resistant to a noxious agent or process, especially a pathogen or infectious disease. Immunity may...
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    Like the innate system, the adaptive immune system includes both humoral immunity components and cell-mediated immunity components and destroys invading pathogens...
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    Herd immunity (also called herd effect, community immunity, population immunity, or mass immunity) is a form of indirect protection that applies only to...
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    innate immune system or nonspecific immune system is one of the two main immunity strategies in vertebrates (the other being the adaptive immune system)...
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  • from cash flow received on a regular basis Passive immunity, the transfer of active humoral immunity Passive experience, observation lacking reciprocal...
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    This is passive immunity because the fetus does not actually make any memory cells or antibodies—it only borrows them. This passive immunity is usually...
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  • critical for the development of a child's immune system. Initially, a newborn relies heavily on passive immunity transferred from the mother, primarily through...
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    donor dog that has already survived CPV is sometimes used to provide passive immunity to the sick dog. Some veterinarians keep these dogs on site, or have...
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  • Antiserum (redirect from Immune sera)
    is used to spread passive immunity to many diseases via blood donation (plasmapheresis). For example, convalescent serum, or passive antibody transfusion...
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  • induction of immunity is immunization achieved by human efforts in preventive healthcare, as opposed to (and augmenting) natural immunity as produced by...
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    the mother has been vaccinated against tetanus, the infants acquire passive immunity, and are thus protected. It usually occurs through infection of the...
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    Antibody (redirect from Immune globulin)
    are often treated by inducing a short-term form of immunity called passive immunity. Passive immunity is achieved through the transfer of ready-made antibodies...
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  • have been removed Antiserum, blood serum with specific antibodies for passive immunity Serous fluid, any clear bodily fluid Serum, India Gary Serum (born...
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  • Fetus (redirect from Fetal immunity)
    occur. Maternal IgG antibodies cross the placenta, giving the fetus passive immunity against those diseases for which the mother has antibodies. This transfer...
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  • only provide passive immunity primarily through Secretory IgA, but advances in technology have led to the identification of various immune-modulating components...
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    resistance to flu symptoms was associated with a shift in cell mediated immunity from anergy toward normoergy, as measured by the degree of skin reactivity...
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    anti-serum containing antibodies, can sometimes be injected to provide passive immunity. Many exotoxins have been categorized. This classification, while fairly...
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    only provide passive immunity primarily through Secretory IgA, but advances in technology have led to the identification of various immune-modulating components...
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    colostrum. Within the first two days after birth, kittens acquire passive immunity from their mother's milk. Milk within the first few days of parturition...
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  • Passive antibody therapy, also called serum therapy, is a subtype of passive immunotherapy that administers antibodies (same as immunoglobin) to target...
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  • Microfold cell (category Immune system)
    nodes where an immune response can be initiated. M cells play a role in passive immunity, or the transfer of active humoral immunity during and post...
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    patient's lifespan and quality of life, by generating passive immunity, and boosting the immune system. With treatment, the number and severity of infections...
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    antibodies from mother's milk (passive immunity), and when testing cats that have been previously vaccinated for FIV (active immunity). For this reason, neither...
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  • as well as immune molecules such as immunoglobulins between allogeneic hosts. The term is used almost synonymously for "passive immunity" in some situations...
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    Antitoxin (category Immune system)
    purified and injected into a human or other animal, inducing temporary passive immunity. To prevent serum sickness, it is often best to use an antitoxin obtained...
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    It is rich in protein and antibodies that provide passive immunity to the baby (the baby's immune system is not fully developed at birth). Colostrum...
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  • Immunocontraception (category Immune system)
    functioning of mucosal immunity from humoral immunity may be critical to the efficacy of contraceptive vaccines. Whenever an immune response is provoked...
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  • system. This provides short-term passive immunity, allowing time for the rabies vaccine to stimulate an adaptive immune response capable of eradicating...
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    RSV-specific intravenous immunoglobin (IVIG) was used to provide passive immunity to prevent RSV infection and hospitalization in the highest-risk infants...
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