PATHOLOGY

PATHOLOGY MCQ

IMMUNE RESPONSE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Individuals who are unable to be vaccinated can be protected from a pathogen if enough of the general population is immunized. This phenomenon is known as
A
passive immunity
B
active immunity
C
group immunity
D
herd immunity
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -’Herd immunity’, also known as ‘population immunity’, is the indirect protection from an infectious disease that happens when a population is immune either through vaccination or immunity developed through previous infection.

Detailed explanation-2: -“Herd immunity, ‘’ also known as “community immunity, ‘’ happens when enough of the community is immune to a particular disease, either because of vaccination or natural infection, that it makes it less likely to spread from one person to another.

Detailed explanation-3: -When you get a vaccine, it sparks your immune response, helping your body fight off and remember the germ so it can attack it if the germ ever invades again. And since vaccines are made of very small amounts of weak or dead germs, they won’t make you sick.

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