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Question
When young children are protected by giving vaccination for diptheria. mumps or measles, what type of immunity is this, active or passive?
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Solution
It is active immunity. The vaccine stimulates the child's own immune system to produce antibodies and memory cells (note: since the child's body itself produces the antibodies, this is active, not passive, immunity).
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