Self Quiz for The Adaptive Immune System: Artificially Acquired Active and Passive Immunity

Study the material in this section and then write out the answers to these questions.
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1. Define and give an example of artifically acquired passive immunity. (ans)

2. Define and give an example of artifically acquired active immunity. (ans)

3. List 3 different forms of antigen that may be used for artificially acquired active immunity and state 2 common examples of each.

A. (ans)

B. (ans)

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4. A patient with a deep puncture wound who has never received a DTP vaccination is given both Td and TIG. Another patient with an identical wound and who had 4 DTP vaccinations as a child and a Td booster 3 years ago is given nothing. Discuss the reasoning behind this. (hint: see Fig. 1) (ans)

5. Multiple Choice (ans)

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Gary E. Kaiser, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology
The Community College of Baltimore County, Catonsville Campus
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Based on a work The Grapes of Staph at https://cwoer.ccbcmd.edu/science/microbiology/index_gos.html.