Multiple Choice
Which statement best describes the difference between passive immunity and active immunity?
A) Active immunity depends on injecting antibodies into the body whereas passive immunity includes vaccination or immunization of a safe form of a pathogen.
B) Active immunity refers to T lymphocytes actively destroying pathogens through phagocytosis and passive immunity describes the indirect attack by B lymphocytes through secretion of antibodies.
C) Active immunity depends on the ability of a person's immune system to mount a response to a pathogen and induces immunological memory, whereas in passive immunity only antibodies are introduced to the body allowing only for short -term protection.
D) Active immunity is only active for a short time frame in the body whereas passive immunity has long -lasting immunity in the body.
E) Active immunity fight viruses such as rabies by injecting antibodies collected from that animal whereas passive immunity is injecting antibodies from a safe form of the pathogen.
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