Passive v.s Active Immunity

Passive Immunity vs Active Immunity

• Active Immunity occurs when someone has been exposed to a live pathogen, which the develops an immune response.

• On the other hand, passive immunity is the transfer of active immunity, in the form of readymade antibodies, from one individual to another.

• There are two ways to get Active Immunity. You can either:

1. Catch the disease a 1st time

2. Get it through vaccination (dead/weak pathogen)

• There are also two ways to get Passive Immunity. You can:

1. Get it from your mother in pregnancy or breastfeeding.

2. Get it through injections

Reflection

I learned what passive and active immunity meant. At first at I thought that passive and active immunity and active and passive transport were a little bit similar. Turns out that I was way off. Active/Passive transport is all about energy . On the other Active/Passive immunity is all about diseases and pathogens.