Multiple choice

What is passive immunity?

  1. Temporary immunity

  2. When the immune system makes its own antibodies

  3. Both of these

  4. Neither of these
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Explanation

Passive immunity is the transfer of active humoral immunity, in the form of ready-made antibodies, from one individual to another. Because the recipient's body does not produce its own antibodies, this immunity is temporary.

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