Immunizations against infectious diseases are one of the most successful medical advancements in the history of public health. a vaccine, containing weakened or dead forms of the antigen, is administered orally, intranasally, subcutaneously, or intramuscularly. the antigens are not virulent enough to cause the disease, but they provoke the adaptive immune response in the body. a vaccine is an example of which type of adaptive immunity?

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Janelle Sanchez

Biology

11 April, 14:54

Immunizations against infectious diseases are one of the most successful medical advancements in the history of public health. a vaccine, containing weakened or dead forms of the antigen, is administered orally, intranasally, subcutaneously, or intramuscularly. the antigens are not virulent enough to cause the disease, but they provoke the adaptive immune response in the body. a vaccine is an example of which type of adaptive immunity?

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Shelby Kaufman · Answer 1

Artificially acquired active Immunity

Explanation:

Active Immunity has to do with exposing the body to a health threat inorder to build or develop an adaptive immune response.

Vaccines induces a lengthy protection inform of immunity against antigens. And they are grouped as artificially acquired active immunity.

This artificially acquired active immunity are forms of protection created by consciously introducing an individual to antigens available in a vaccine in a way of creating an immune response