what do you mean by acquired or adaptive immunity
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Answer:Adaptive immunity is also referred to as acquired immunity or specific immunity and is only found in vertebrates. The adaptive immune response is specific to the pathogen presented. The adaptive immune response is meant to attack non-self pathogens but can sometimes make errors and attack itself.
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This is the immunity developed by an animal in response to a disease caused by infection of microbes. It is specific and is mediated by antibodies or lymphoid cells or both which make the antigen inactive of harmless.
It not only relieves the victim of the infected disease but also prevents its further attack in future. The acquired immunity last for the whole life of the animal in case of certain diseases and for a few years in case of other diseases. Such diseases have already been mentioned the memory cells formed by B-cells and T-cells are the basis of acquired immunity. They have long lives and provide antibodies and killer T-cells in subsequent infections.