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Adaptive Immunity

Known as: Immunity, Adaptive, Immunity, Adoptive, Acquired Immunity 
Protection from an infectious disease agent that is mediated by B- and T- LYMPHOCYTES following exposure to specific antigen, and characterized by… 
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Adaptive Immune ResponseAdoptive ImmunotherapyAntibodiesAntitoxins

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Cellular ImmunityHumoral ImmunityImmunotherapy, Passive

Broader (2)

ImmunityImmunization

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Review
1999
Review
1999
Enhancing immunity to nematode parasites in pregnant and lactating sheep through nutrition and genetic selection
Summary Susceptibility to infection from nematode parasites in sheep is most pronounced in young animals and in periparturient… 
Review
1984
Review
1984
Mechanisms of acquired immunity in leishmaniasis.
Self-curing cutaneous leishmaniasis depends on T cell-mediated immune activation of infected macrophages. Failure of immune… 
1983
1983
Antibody-independent mechanisms in the development of acquired immunity to malaria.
The plasmodia are hemoprotozoan parasites which cause malaria in a variety of animal species, including man. Infection with these… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Induction of resistance to Schistosoma mansoni by natural cord factor and synthetic lower homologues.
Resistance to schistosomiasis in mice can be acquired either specifically, by primary infection with Schistosoma mansoni, or… 
1978
1978
Plasmodium chabaudi in mice. Adoptive transfer of immunity with enriched populations of spleen T and B lymphocytes.
Thymectomized NIH and C57BL mice were more susceptible to Plasmodium chabaudi than controls, indicating a role for T cells in… 
1975
1975
Cellular and humoral aspects of host resistance in murine salmonellosis.
Mice were challenged with a highly virulent strain of Salmonella typhimurium by intraperitoneal injections. At relatively low… 
1972
1972
Immunity in rats to superinfection with Fasciola hepatica.
Infection of rats with an existing infection of F. hepatica resulted in 92.5% less flukes than had been recovered from infection… 
1966
1966
Immunological Unresponsiveness in Adult Rats to the Nematode Nippostrongylus brasiliensis induced by Infection in Early Life
ALTHOUGH it is known that mature animals may develop a marked degree of acquired immunity to infection with many species of… 
1961
1961
Immunologic studies on Trypanosoma cruzi. III. Duration of acquired immunity in mice initially infected with a North American strain of T. cruzi.
1953
1953
Duration of acquired immunity of Schistosomatium douthitti infections in mice following treatment.