A possible explanation for these findings could be that animals kept at home shed oocysts to which occupants are regularly exposed, which could conferactiveimmunity.
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Activeimmunityoften involves both the cell-mediated and humoral aspects of immunity as well as input from the innate immune system.
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This is in contrast to vaccines that provideactiveimmunity.
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Both types stimulateactiveimmunityagainst a future infection.
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The primary significance of passively acquired antibody is that it interferes with the development ofactiveimmunity.
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Both provideactiveimmunityagainst a future infection.
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A vaccine is an antigenic preparation used to produceactiveimmunityto a disease, in order to prevent or reduce the effects of infection by any natural or wild pathogen.
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