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What is positive immunity?

Updated: 12/7/2022
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TammyJacob

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If a person's immune system is producing antibodies against a specific antigen, then that person has a positive or active immunity toward that antigen. If a person has merely been injected with antibodies but does not produce them, that is a passive immunity.

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