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Having mumps as a child and not getting the disease later in life if exposed to it is an example of Passive, Natural immunity.

The IgM antibody is the first antibody the body makes in response to an antigen.  When IgM antibodies are present in the blood it may indicate a person has an acute infection.

Which of the following Associate Justices of the Supreme Court is pictured here and appointed by President George W Bush?

What is judicial ideology that values the letter of a law and focuses on consistency of rulings?

Antiretroviral drugs are given in combination to increase effectiveness and decrease emergence of drug resistance.

The memory cells are types of B cells in the humoral immunity that secrete antibodies.  

Which of the following levels of scrutiny prevents the violation of rights given to U.S. citizens?

Patients with HIV infection are severely immunocompromised and  should not receive live vaccines such as varicella.  

What type of lobbying includes taking a government official to sporting event?

HIV is called a retrovirus because it replicates in a “backward” manner going from DNA to RNA.