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Innate immunity is _____________


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Innate immunity:

  1. Innate immunity is present at the time of birth.
  2. It is also known as non-specific immunity, which is passed or inherited genetically from parents to children.
  3. Innate immunity is responsible for providing the first line of defense to the body.
  4. When pathogens, such as bacteria or viruses, enter the body, certain cells in the immune system quickly respond and try to destroy them.

Innate immunity is inherited.


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