Passive

• What is passive immunity?


  The type of immunity you get from being given antibodies made by a different organism - the immune system doesn't produce any antibodies of its own
• 2 types of passive immunity =?

  natural , artificial
• Natural passive immunity =?

  when a baby becomes immune due to the antibodies it receives from its mother, through the placenta and in the breast milk
• Artificial passive immunity=?


  When an individual becomes immune after being injected with antibodies from someone else
• give an example of artificial passive immunity?

  If an individual contracts tetanus they can be injected with antibodies against the tetanus toxin, collected from blood donations