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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… 
1980
1980
Mechanisms of immunity to leishmaniasis. I. Evidence for a changing basis of protection in self-limiting disease.
Methods of adoptive immunization have been employed to analyse the mechanisms of acquired immunity to leishmanial infection in… 
1980
1980
Macrophage suppressor factor in contact sensitivity. Mechanisms of its release and action.
An antigen-specific suppressor factor (TSF) produced by mouse T lymphocytes prevents immune cells from conferring adoptive… 
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… 
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… 
1968
1968
Studies on heterologous immunity in schistosomiasis. 2. Heterologous schistosome immunity in rhesus monkeys.
Previous studies on heterologous immunity in mice have indicated that Schistosoma bovis and S. mattheei could be used to limit… 
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… 
1953
1953
Duration of acquired immunity of Schistosomatium douthitti infections in mice following treatment.