Monday, September 20, 2010

types of immunity

Let us learn about types of immunity

Immunity is referred as a biological term which describes a state of having sufficient biological defenses to avoid infection, disease, or other unwanted biological invasion. Immunity includes both specific & non-specific components. The non-specific components act either as eliminators or as barriers or of wide range of pathogens irrespective of antigenic specificity. The immune systems adapt themselves to each new disease encountered & are able to generate pathogen-specific immunity

Acquired immunity is further of 2 types - natural or active and artificial or passive

Artificially Acquired Passive Immunity

Artificially Acquired Active Immunity

Naturally Acquired Passive Immunity

Naturally Acquired Active Immunity


In our next blog we shall learn about alveoli function I hope the above explanation was useful.Keep reading and leave your comments.

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