Pearson eText Microbiology: An Introduction -- Instant Access (Pearson+)
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The immune system is a group of cells or tissues or organs that functions against the foreign substances to provide the immunity. The immunity is classified into two categories, innate and adaptive. The innate are non-specific defense mechanism, which acts immediately after the exposure of antigens or foreign substances on the body. The adaptive are antigen-specific immunity that adapts the immune system by formation of immune cells or memory cells for specific antigen.

Adaptive immunity acquires either to be active or passive, when a person is exposed to microorganism or foreign substances. The active and passive acquired immunity can be obtained by natural or artificial ways. Based on this, the adaptive immunity is categorized into four types.

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