Haryana PMT Haryana PMT Solved Paper-2004

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    The treatment of snake-bite by antivenine is an example of :

    A)  artificially acquired active immunity

    B)  artificially acquired passive immunity

    C)  naturally acquired passive immunity

    D)  specific natural immunity

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    Immunity conferred by recovering from an infectious disease such as chickenpox is called active immunity. In passive immunity antibodies transferred from one individual to another. The best medicine to treat snake bite is an antivenin or anti venom serum which provide artificially acquired passive immunity. An antivenin is prepared by injecting  a  horse  with  gradually increasing doses of a snake venom, until the horse become fully immunised. Blood  serum of horse is collected arid preserved.


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