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Antibody response to tetanus

Jay Mone' jmone at MARAUDER.MILLERSV.EDU
Thu Feb 25 15:26:44 EST 1999


Aureus wrote:

Immunity is a passive aquired method of weaken toxoid injected into 
the body. 
Not true.  The toxoid vaccination is an active, not a passive 
vaccination

The antibody will not be transferred prenatally or cannot be 
transferred from human to human.

Not true.  An immunocompetent female who produces antibody against 
tetatnus toxoid will transfer this antibody to the fetus during 
gestation.

Jay Mone'



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