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How does passive immunity occur?
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When a person is given prepared antibodies or immune cells to prevent or combat a disease.
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What are the 2 types of passive acquired (specific) immunity?
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Natrual passive and Artificial passive
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Why is it called passive immunity?
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These antibodies or cells are NOT produced by the individual, so passive immunity is TEMPORARY
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What are the 2 types of passive immunity?
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Natural passive and Artificial passive
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What is are 2 examples of natural passive immunity?
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Maternal IgG antibodies pass through the placenta and give the child protection for 1-3 months
Breast feeding: Transfers antibodies (IgG and IgA) and it can hlep protect the child fro a longer period of time. |
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Why shouldn't newborns be sick?
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They acquire antibodies from the mother through natural passive immunity (IgG) antibodies
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What is contained in breast milk, why should women breast feed their babies, what type of immunity do babies gain from this?
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Colostrum, Breast feeding transfers antibodies (IgG and IgA and it can help protect the hcild fro a longer period of time, natural passive
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What are some of the benefits of breast feeding to the baby?
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decreases the incidence of infant ear infections, allergies, diarrhea, and bacterial memingitis. It may protect against childhood lymphoma, SIDS and diabetes
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What are some of the benefits of breast feeding to the mother?
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reduce risk of ovarian cancer, early breast cancer and postmenopausal hip fractures
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What is artificial passive immunity?
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occurs when a person is injected with protective antibodies from a donor.
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What type of antibody is antivenin?
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antibodies created to bind to protein snake venom, artificial passive antibodies
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What is pooled serum from human donors that contain antibodies?
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gamma globulin
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What can typically prevent the virus obtained by a helthcare worker who suffers an accidental needle stick from a patient infected with the hepatitis virus? What is the treatment an example of?
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Immediate treatment with a gamma-globulin injection (along with simultaneous vaccination against the virus), ARTIFICIAL PASSIVE IMMUNITY
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What are 3 examples of artificial passive immunity?>
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Rhogam
serum injected into a patient with hepatitis exposure antivenin |
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What are signaling molecules produced by? What are these molecules called?
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cytokines, produced by T lympohcytes
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What is being investigatesd as a possible adjunct (or added on) therapy for cancer and aids? What else has been used for this purpose?
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Cytokines, interferons
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