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8. Differentiate the following and give examples of each:

   (a)     Innate and acquired immunity

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 Innate immunity Acquired immunity    

 It is a non-specific type of defence present at the time of birth and provides different kinds of barriers to the entry of foreign agents into the body.

It is pathogen-specific defence characterized by memory.

 

It remains throughout the life  It is short-lived 
Innate immunity is inheritable Acquired immunity is not inheritable 

 

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