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What is active immunity?
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April 24, 2013 9:56PM
You have active immunity whenever your body makes its own antibodies.
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How are active and passive immunity different?

Active immunity is generated by your body. So you get active
immunity as a result of infections or due to vaccines. Passive
immunity is not generated by your body. Here the antibodies are to
be supplied. Child gets the antibodies from mother. Alternately you
get the antibodies via injections. The effect of active immunity is
long lasting. The effect of passive immunity is short lived. So the
active immunity is considered as better. The passive immunity has
one advantage. It is available with immediate effect, while it
takes about two to three weeks, before the effects of active
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What is natural active immunity?

Active immunity involves the production of antibodies (by B
lymphocytes) and cell-mediated response (with T lymphocytes). It
renders relatively longer immunity (compared to passive immunity).
Active immunity may be natural or artificial.
This type of active immunity is said to be natural because the immunity is
induced not by deliberate exposure (such as vaccination). The
individual has developed immunity to a live pathogen by having been
exposed to it and by developing a primary immune response that led
to immunological memory.