active immunity
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of active immunity
First recorded in 1910–15
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Antibodies produced in the mother’s body are passed to the infant via active immunity through breast milk.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Naturally acquired active immunity, the response to a pathogen, is the focus of this chapter.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The production of antibodies by plasma cells in response to an antigen is called active immunity and describes the host’s active response of the immune system to an infection or to a vaccination.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013
Dr. Stokes is planning experiments to see whether a throat spray containing a virus of a disease such as mumps, given soon after injections of gamma globulin, can produce active immunity against the disease.
From Time Magazine Archive
An active immunity is thus induced in susceptible animals which lasts until the danger from exposure to the disease is over.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
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