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Immunity
Vaccinations
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Vaccines help to spark off immune response, increase immunity and protect you and your peers against foreign substances
They help to reduce the probability of devloping certain diseases that are most often fatal - like smallpox
Mother's Immunity
In this way, the babies have been provided immunity through the mother and has not been gained by itself.
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During the last three months of pregnancy, antibodies from the mother are passed on to her offspring via placenta. This form of immunity is passive in nature as it is temporary and not permanent.
Antigens
Antigens are what help to ward off pathogens, they are the substances that provide an immune response against the harm causing susbtance.
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Types of Immunity
Innate Immunity: Everyone is born with 'natural immunity' for general bodily protection whose source is our immune system. For example, the skin acts as a barrier to block germs from entering the body.
Adaptive Immunity: Adaptive immunity is something that we develop throughout our lives like when we are exposed to diseases, germs and bacteria or when we are immunized through vaccinations.
What is Immunity?
Immunity is the condition of being protected against infectious diseases and is the state of being 'immune.' It is the ability to be resistant to a particular disease and defend your body against diseases.
Pathogens
Pathogens are desribed as the organisms which provide disease to their host. Examples of pathogens include some bacteria, viruses and fungi.
Antibodies
An antibody, also known as an immunoglobin is a Y shaped protein utilised by the immune system that attach onto pathogenic bacteria or viruses and neutralise the foreign substance. It's similar to a lock and key where each antibody can only latch onto a certain pathogen or antigen.
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