Polio vaccines are given to children to prevent polio. Which type of immunity is provided by this?

Artificially acquired passive immunity

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Artificially acquired active immunity

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Naturally acquired passive immunity

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Naturally acquired active immunity

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Solution

The correct option is B Artificially acquired active immunity
Vaccination is an example of artifically acquired active immunity.
Antivenom and antitoxins are examples of artificially acquired passive immunity.
IgG obtained by the babies from placenta is an example of naturally acquired passive immunity.
Exposure to antigen due to infection provides the body naturally acquired active immunity.

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	LIST I		LIST II
a	Natural active immunity	i	Develops due to to vaccinaton
b	Natural passive immunity	ii	Antirabies serum
c	Artificial active immunity	iii	Acquired after smallpox infection
d	Artificial passive immunity	iv	Transferred from mother to child

A)	Naturally acquired ACTIVE IMMUNITY	i)	Jasmine was vaccinated for Polio to protect her against the disease.
B)	Artificially acquired ACTIVE IMMUNITY	ii)	Rohit was bitten by a viper and was given an injection of anti-venom.
C)	Naturally acquired PASSIVE IMMUNITY	iii)	Imran suffered from Chicken pow in childhood and is now possibly immune to another chickenpox attack.
D)	Artificially acquired PASSIVE IMMUNITY	iv)	Ria was advised by doctors to breastfeed her newborn in order to improve the infant's immunity.

Differentiate the following and give examples of each

Innate and acquired immunity

Active and passive immunity

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