passive immunity
Inherited maternal antibodies
Passive immunity is protection against disease acquired through antibodies produced by another organism rather than by one's own immune system.
A fetus receives passive immunity from its mother through the placenta; newborns continue receiving it through breast milk.
Doctors may inject antibodies to provide immediate but temporary protection: The patient received passive immunity through immunoglobulin therapy.
Unlike active immunity from vaccines or infections, passive immunity fades within weeks or months because the body hasn't learned to produce its own antibodies.
Initial postpartum milk
- breastfeedingLactation-based infant nourishment
- neonatalOf earliest infancy
- infantVery young child
- lactationMammary gland secretion
immunoglobulins · first milk · nursing · transplacental · umbilical cord · breast milk · postpartum
Antibody-rich therapeutic fluid
- monoclonal antibodiesIdentical lab-cloned immune proteins
- antitoxinToxin-neutralizing antibody
- antivenomSerum countering toxic bites
- gamma globulinAntibody-rich blood fraction
colostrum
Initial postpartum milk
- breastfeedingLactation-based infant nourishment
- neonatalOf earliest infancy
- infantVery young child
lactation · immunoglobulins · first milk · nursing · transplacental · umbilical cord · breast milk · postpartum
antiserum
Antibody-rich therapeutic fluid
- monoclonal antibodiesIdentical lab-cloned immune proteins
- antitoxinToxin-neutralizing antibody
- antivenomSerum countering toxic bites
prophylaxis
Preventive medical treatment
- disease preventionMeasures blocking illness onset
vaccination
Administered immunity booster
- long-lastingPersisting over extended time
- immunityantibodies, T cells, lymphocytes, white blood cells, vaccine
- immunity typesantibodies, vaccines, disease resistance, antitoxins, white blood cells
- Immune Responsesantibody response, antibody, immunoglobulin, antigen, neutralization
- immunologyantibodies, antigens, T cells, white blood cells, lymphocytes
- vaccinesvaccine, Pfizer, polio vaccine, Moderna, vaccines
- antibodiesantibody, antibodies, monoclonal antibodies, heavy chain, nanobodies
passive immunitysusceptibility
Liability to influence
vulnerability · immunodeficiency · immune deficiency · defenselessness · exposure risk
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