Naturally acquired active immunity occurs when a person is exposed to a live pathogen, develops the disease, and then develops immunity.
Compare and contrast: active natural and active artifical immunity
Mac OS X & macOS names. As you can see from the list above, with the exception of the first OS X beta, all versions of the Mac operating system from 2001 to 2012 were all named after big cats.
Immunity is the state of protection against infectious disease conferred either through an immune response generated by immunization or previous infection, or by other non-immunological factors. There are two ways to acquire active resistance against invading microbes: active natural and active artificial.
Typhoid vaccination: Immunization (commonly referred to as vaccination) is the deliberate induction of an immune response, and represents the single most effective manipulation of the immune system that scientists have developed.
Naturally acquired active immunity occurs when the person is exposed to a live pathogen, develops the disease, and becomes immune as a result of the primary immune response. Once a microbe penetrates the body’s skin, mucous membranes, or other primary defenses, it interacts with the immune system. B-cells in the body produce antibodies that help to fight against the invading microbes. The adaptive immune response generated against the pathogen takes days or weeks to develop but may be long-lasting, or even lifelong. Wild infection, for example with hepatitis A virus (HAV) and subsequent recovery, gives rise to a natural active immune response usually leading to lifelong protection.
In a similar manner, administration of two doses of hepatitis A vaccine generates an acquired active immune response leading to long-lasting (possibly lifelong) protection. Immunization (commonly referred to as vaccination) is the deliberate induction of an immune response, and represents the single most effective manipulation of the immune system that scientists have developed. Immunizations are successful because they utilize the immune system’s natural specificity as well as its inducibility. The principle behind immunization is to introduce an antigen, derived from a disease-causing organism, that stimulates the immune system to develop protective immunity against that organism, but which does not itself cause the pathogenic effects of that organism.
Naturally acquired passive immunity occurs during pregnancy, when antibodies are passed from the maternal blood into the fetal bloodstream.
Outline the various ways to obtain passive immunity
Immunity is the state of protection against infectious disease conferred either through an immune response generated by immunization or previous infection, or by other non-immunological factors. There are two ways to acquire passive resistance against disease: passive natural and passive artificial. Naturally acquired passive immunity occurs during pregnancy, in which certain antibodies are passed from the maternal blood into the fetal bloodstream in the form of IgG. Antibodies are transferred from one person to another through natural means such as in prenatal and postnatal relationships between mother and child. Some antibodies can cross the placenta and enter the fetal blood. This provides some protection for the child for a short time after birth, but eventually these deteriorate and the infant must rely on its own immune system. Antibodies may also be transferred through breast milk. The transfered IgG from mother to fetus during pregnancy generally lasts 4 to 6 months after birth. The immune responses reach full strength at about age 5.
IgA antibody: The dimeric IgA molecule.1 H-chain2 L-chain3 J-chain4 secretory component. IgA antibodies are transferred from mother to child in colostrum and milk and confer passive immunity.
Passive immunity can also be in the form of IgA and IgG found in human colostrum and milk of babies who are nursed. In addition to the IgA and IgG, human milk also contains: oligosaccharides and mucins that adhere to bacteria and viruses to interfere with their attachment to host cells; lactoferrin to bind iron and make it unavailable to most bacteria; B12 binding protein to deprive bacteria of needed vitamin B12; bifidus factor that promotes the growth of Lactobacillus bifidus, normal flora in the gastrointestinal tract of infants that crowds out harmful bacteria; fibronectin that increases the antimicrobial activity of macrophages and helps repair tissue damage from infection in the gastrointestinal tract; gamma-interferon, a cytokine that enhances the activity of certain immune cells; hormones and growth factors that stimulate the baby’s gastrointestinal tract to mature faster and be less susceptible to infection; and lysozyme to break down peptidoglycan in bacterial cell walls.
Artificial immunity is a mean by which the body is given immunity to a disease by intentional exposure to small quantities of it.
Describe artificially acquired immunity and how it is obtained
Immunity is the state of protection against infectious disease conferred either through an immune response generated by immunization or by previous infection or other non-immunological factors.
Artificial immunity can be active or passive.
Immunity: Natural immunity occurs through contact with a disease causing agent, when the contact was not deliberate, where as artificial immunity develops only through deliberate actions of exposure. Both natural and artificial immunity can be further subdivided, depending on the amount of time the protection lasts. Passive immunity is short lived, and usually lasts only a few months, whereas protection via active immunity lasts much longer, and is sometimes life-long.
Artificially-acquired passive immunity is an immediate, but short-term immunization provided by the injection of antibodies, such as gamma globulin, that are not produced by the recipient’s cells. These antibodies are developed in another individual or animal and then injected into another individual. Antiserum is the general term used for preparations that contains antibodies.
Artificial active immunization is where the microbe, or parts of it, are injected into the person before they are able to take it in naturally. If whole microbes are used, they are pre-treated, attenuated vaccines. This vaccine stimulates a primary response against the antigen in the recipient without causing symptoms of the disease.
Artificial passive immunization is normally administered by injection and is used if there has been a recent outbreak of a particular disease or as an emergency treatment for toxicity, as in for tetanus. The antibodies can be produced in animals, called ” serum therapy,” although there is a high chance of anaphylactic shock because of immunity against animal serum itself. Thus, humanized antibodies produced in vitro by cell culture are used instead if available.
The first record of artificial immunity was in relation to a disease known as smallpox. Individuals were exposed to a minor strain of smallpox in a controlled environment. Once their bodies built up a natural immunity or resistance to the weakened strain of smallpox, they became much less likely to become infected with the more deadly strains of the disease. In essence, patients were given the disease in order to help fight it later in life. Although this method was an effective one, the scientists of the time had no real scientific knowledge of why it worked.
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Macintosh operating systems, specifically Mac OS X, have a reputation of being very secure, much more so than Windows XP.
Apple touts that frequently and openly in its advertisements and television commercials. Is this reputation deserved? Frankly, yes, but with a big caveat -- the situation is changing.
Mac OS X is built on what is considered to be one of the more secure Unix-based operating systems, BSD. However, that's not the only reason Macs have had a reputation of being more secure.
Windows has the dominant market share, which gives attackers the largest number of targets to saturate when attacking networks -- and let's face it, Microsoft has done a poor job in the past of building a secure operating system, browser and applications. This has changed significantly with the well accepted 'patch Tuesday' process and a concentrated focus by Microsoft to improve Windows XP and the upcoming Windows Vista release.
This has created a false sense of security for Mac OS X users, though. While the Mac operating system is more secure than PC operating systems at this point in time, that doesn't mean Macs are immune. Overconfident Mac users may find themselves unprepared when a worm or exploit does hit.
In mid-2006, McAfee's Avert Labs reported that the number of Mac security vulnerabilities had increased 228 percent since 2003. Just recently, in August 2006, Apple released fixes for 26 security vulnerabilities in Mac OS X 10.4.7 and 10.3.9.
Two patches for code execution vulnerabilities were released almost immediately following the introduction of the Intel-based Mac Pro running Mac OS X 10.4.7. In the fall of 2006, a Symantec study reported that the number of vulnerabilities in the Mac Safari Internet browser doubled during the first half of 2006 compared to the previous six months.
Commotion was stirred up at the 2006 Black Hat Conference in Las Vegas after speakers demonstrated a Macintosh vulnerability in third-party 802.11 WiFi drivers. While Apple attempted to defuse the criticism as a third-party problem, the company ended up delivering patches for two separate stack buffer overflow problems in the Apple AirPort wireless drivers.
The fact of the matter is that despite Apple's work to maintain the image of Macs as secure devices, researchers are concentrating much more heavily on finding underlying security vulnerabilities in Mac software. As a result, we are seeing security patches for Apple software now on a regular basis.
Intel-based Mac Pro introduces a new wrinkle in the Mac security fabric: virtualization. Windows XP can be run as a virtual machine on the Mac Pro, creating a situation where is it just as vulnerable as the any other unsecured or unpatched Windows device.
What should Mac OS X users do to secure their computers? Here are some starting recommendations:
Replacing complacency with good security practices can protect any Mac OS X user. Believing Macs are secure just because television advertisements say they are builds a false sense of security. The increase of Mac OS X vulnerabilities and the number of patches released clearly show that Mac security may soon be a thing of the past.
Mitchell Ashley is CTO and VP of Customer Experience at StillSecure, where he is responsible for the product strategy and development of the StillSecure suite of network security products. Ashley has more than 20 years of industry experience holding leading positions in data networking, network security, and software product and services development.