MEDICINE MCQ
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Active Immunity
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Passive Immunity
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Active Immunity-antibodies that develop in a person’s own immune system after the body is exposed to an antigen through a disease or when you get an immunization (i.e. a flu shot). This type of immunity lasts for a long time.
Detailed explanation-2: -Examples of active immunity include a person’s resistance to strep throat due to a previous infection or a person’s immunity to polio due to the polio vaccine. Types of active immunity can either be natural active immunity or artificial active immunity.
Detailed explanation-3: -Active Immunity Natural immunity is acquired from exposure to the disease organism through infection with the actual disease. Vaccine-induced immunity is acquired through the introduction of a killed or weakened form of the disease organism through vaccination.
Detailed explanation-4: -Live vaccines are used to protect against: Measles, mumps, rubella (MMR combined vaccine) Rotavirus. Smallpox.