Question

What is immunity? Explain the types of imunity

Answer 1

Adaptive Immunity. Adaptive immunity works slower than innate, and is more specific. There are two types: passive and active. Passive immunity occurs when antibodies are passed from one person to another,

Answer 2

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Immunity is the ability of the host to fight against disease causing organism - conferring by the immune system.

there are two types of immunity :-

• innate immunity
• Acquired immunity

a) innate immunity :- it is non- specific type of defence, it is present at the time of birth and providing different types of barrier to the entry of the foreign agent into our body.

b) Acquired immunity :- it is pathogen specific. it is characterised by memory. it means that our body when it encounters a pathogen for the first time produces a response called primary response.