The natural immunity occurs without human interferences, whereas artificial immunity can be given with the help of antigens and antibodies which are delivered by vaccines. ... This is an example of passive immunity, where immunity has been acquired through transfer from a person to another. However, passive immunity is only temporary, lasting only for a few weeks or months which is why many vaccines are given and offered to one year old babies. Active immunity, on the other hand, not only offers a more long-term protection, but is the second type of acquired immunity. It develops when our bod...

• Word Count: 6040
• Approx Pages: 24
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Ball works at treats unvaccinated children, however, "... its staff is meeting next week to discuss a ban (ibid).... When a parent decides not to vaccinate their child, they are consciously or unconsciously putting other people in harms way by throwing off our "herd immunity." What is herd immunity? ... Herd immunity protects a community from infectious diseases by virtue of the sheer numbers of people immune to such diseases. According to a piece published by PBS, "The more members of a human 'herd' who are immune to a given disease, the better protected the who...

• Word Count: 2061
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Interest in the pathogenesis, immunity, and vaccine development for anthrax was heightened by the deliberate contamination of mail with B. anthracis spores soon after the September 11 attacks. At that time, the only US-licensed human vaccine (anthrax vaccine adsorbed, or AVA) was not available because the manufacturer, BioPort Corp., had not received FDA certification of its new manufacturing process. (5) Although Pasteur had already demonstrated protection of sheep by injection of heat-attenuated B. anthracis cultures in 1881, our current knowledge of immunity to anthrax in humans remains l...

• Word Count: 2356
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This goes against the popular idea that it actually helps boost your immune system to fight the Influenza disease. ... According to a study done on how effective the Influenza vaccine is, more than 117.8 Million doses of the influenza vaccine have been given out in just the week of October 17, 2014, when only 5%-20% of America gets the influenza vaccine each year (Puig-Barbera 3). ...

• Word Count: 1578
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate