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You get immunity by having a vaccination or by having the infection itself.
The vaccination is the introduction of the pathogen in tiny amounts to kick start your immune system so it knows how to deal with the real thing if you encounter the germ in the environment.
A vaccine is the medicine made to introduce the pathogen (infection-causing "bug") into your body in a vaccination.
Having immunity is how your body prevents a second infection by the same germ. The first time you catch the germ (or get a vaccination for it), your body responds to cause immunity, so if you run across the same exact germ again later, your body already knows how to prevent an infection again.
See the related questions below for more about vaccines and vaccinations.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 11y agoImmunity is being immune to something, in this case a disease.
A vaccination is when you are vaccinated to be immune to a disease.
So you are vaccinated to be immunised against certain diseases.
In case you were wondering, when you are vaccinated what they actually do is inject you with an either weakened down version of the virus it is immunising you against, or a non-harmful version.
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The process of vaccination?
Vaccination is the process of attempting to confer artificial immunity on an individual organism by exposing the immune system to antigens of the pathogen being vaccinated against. Vaccination does not provide nearly as good protection as natural, or acquired immunity.
What is the Differentiate between Humoral mediated immune response and cellular mediated immune response?
The difference between humoral immunity and cell-mediated immunity is that humoral immunity uses B cells and T cells whereas mediated immunity only uses the T cells. Also humoral immunity provides a defense against antigens and pathogens in body fluids whereas cell-mediated immunity protects from abnormal cells and pathogens inside living cells.
What is the meaning of passive immunity?
Our immune systems are designed to keep track of the various infections that can be caused by pathogens once they encounter them. This helps to increase our immunity as this information helps the bodies immune system to fortify itself against further attacks by the same pathogen. If immunity is increased by means other than acquiring the disease, then it is known as passive immunity. e.g. Vaccination( in this weak pathogens are injected in the body and this helps the body's immune system to remember and then identify it to fortify the body for any future attacks by that pathogen)
What are examples of artificial active immunity?
Active immunity is acquired from vaccinations or from infection against a pathogen. The next time you encounter the same pathogen your body has built memory against it and will be able to fight it much more efficiently. Passive immunity is primarily through a mother to a baby or fetus. Through the placenta the mother transfers her immunity (IgG antibodies) to her fetus. Also through breast milk she can although the placenta is much more so. The baby has her/his immunity from the mother but it only lasts a few months because the baby hasn't developed his/her own immunity.
What are 2 types of immunity?
Inate, Passisive and Adaptive.
Derscribe the relationship between vaccination and immunity?
they both are used to protect the body from infection
How does someone get artificial immunity?
a vaccination
What form of immunity is acquired through vaccination?
Artificially acquired active immunity.
The process of vaccination?
Vaccination is the process of attempting to confer artificial immunity on an individual organism by exposing the immune system to antigens of the pathogen being vaccinated against. Vaccination does not provide nearly as good protection as natural, or acquired immunity.
What is an vaccination?
vaccination is a vaccine that stimulate your immune system to develop adaptive immunity to disease.
What is the weakened agent of disease that can provide immunity for a particular disease?
That is called a vaccination.
An organism develops active immunity as a result of?
Producing antibodies in response to a vaccination
What must a vaccination contain to make it effective in producing immunity?
A dead or inactive form of the disease.
What is herd vaccination?
Herd vaccination refers to when the majority of a population or commumity are vaccinated that it creates immunity against a specific disease that they were vaccinated for. It creates some safety for the nonvaccinated individuals since the majority of the group have developed immunity and are protected from contracting and spreading the disease to others.
Does active immunity involve a person becoming immune to a pathogen as a result of having a disease?
by vaccination
What is the difference between Sovereign immunity qualified charitable interspousal immunity?
explain the difference between sovereign immunity qualified immunity charitable immunity and interspousal immunity?
How do you improve your immunity?
There are different types of immunity Non-specific and Speicific and the best is Innate which is inborn, acquired active after exposure to a disease like measles & mumps and by vaccination which is Artificially acquired active immunity which is the practice now to prevent from incurring a disease. There are different types of immunity Non-specific and Speicific and the best is Innate which is inborn, acquired active after exposure to a disease like measles & mumps and by vaccination which is Artificially acquired active immunity which is the practice now to prevent from incurring a disease.
