CONNECTIVE TISSUE GLAND
ENDOCRINE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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You have been infected
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You have been vaccinated
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You made antibodies
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You got your mother’s antibodies
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Detailed explanation-1: -A type of immunity that occurs when a person is given antibodies rather than making them through his or her own immune system. For example, passive immunity occurs when a baby receives a mother’s antibodies through the placenta or breast milk.
Detailed explanation-2: -Passive Immunity. Passive immunity is provided when a person is given antibodies to a disease rather than producing them through his or her own immune system. A newborn baby acquires passive immunity from its mother through the placenta.
Detailed explanation-3: -Passive immunity can occur naturally, when maternal antibodies are transferred to the fetus through the placenta or from breast milk to the gut of the infant.
Detailed explanation-4: -Q. Passive immunity is provided by readymade antibodies.
Detailed explanation-5: -Sometimes IgA antibodies contained in breast milk are also referred to as maternal antibodies. However, there are important differences in the action of passively transferred IgG and IgA antibodies.