Passive vs Acquired Immunity - Olivia Smith

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Main Ideas:

- Passive Immunity - short term immunity introduced to the body from another person/animal

- Active Immunity - type of immunity that is caused by the production of antibodies by the                                    immune system caused by an antigen

- Passive immunity is immediate, active may take up to several weeks

- Passive immunity last a shorter time than active immunity

- Active immunity doesn't have many side effects if any while passive immunity may have more such as "serum sickness"

- Active immunity happens due to contact with a pathogen while passive happens due to an antibody from the outside 

                                                             Reflection:

During this unit, I learned about the different types of immunities. Before, I hadn't really realized that it branched off that far. Now I know about the different types of immunities and factors about them that make them different from each other. I feel like you can apply this topic outside of biology too because your body is constantly becoming more immune to things around you.