Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Immunity and Vaccination
- Types of Immunity
- Active
- Natural
- Immunity after catching a disease
- Artificial
- Vaccination
- Immune system makes it's own antibodies
- Passive
- Given antibodies by another organism
- Natural
- Baby receives antibodies from its
mother through the placenta
- Artificial
- Injected antibodies from someone else
- Autoimmune Disease
- This is when an organism doesn't recognise the
antigens present on the organisms own cells
- Causes an Immune response
- Lupus
- Immune system cells attack connective tissue
- Causes inflammation
and damage to joints
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Attacking cells in joints
- Pain and Inflammation
- Vaccines
- Vaccines contain antigens which cause the production of memory cells
- Prevents a person from experiencing symptoms of a disease