BIOL 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Gamma Globulin, Humoral Immunity, Passive Immunity
1 Mar 2020
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Natural humoral immunity means that the immunity has occurred as a result of natural processes (e. g. , getting sick or through antibodies passes by mother"s milk or across placenta). Artificial humoral immunity arises through medical intervention (e. g. , receiving a vaccine or being given antibodies). Active humoral immunity means that the person has produced antibodies as a result of exposure to the pathogen either by getting sick or through vaccination. Passive humoral immunity means that the person has been given antibodies derived from another source and is not making his or her own antibodies. Classify the following as active or passive and as naturally- or artificially- acquired: Classify each of four examples of humoral immunity as naturally- immunity, acquired active naturally-acquired passive immunity, or artificially-acquired passive immunity. immunity, artificially-acquired active. The four examples are receiving antibodies from the mother through breast milk, being injected with gamma globulins, receiving a polio or tetanus vaccination, and getting sick with chicken pox.
