18 Questions
What is the term for the relationship between exposure to cowpox and immunity to smallpox?
Cross Reactivity
What is the process of weakening a pathogen to make it capable of inducing an immune response?
Attenuation
Who first demonstrated that serum from immunized animals could transfer immunity to unimmunized animals?
Louis Pasteur
What type of immunity is induced through exposure to a pathogen, such as cowpox?
Adaptive Immunity
What is the term for the immunity that is naturally present in an individual, without prior exposure or vaccination?
Natural Immunity
What is the result of subsequent exposure to an organism previously encountered?
No effect on the host
What type of immunity involves the role of thymus and bursa of Fabricius?
Cell-mediated immunity
Which type of immunity involves antibodies with different specificities?
Humoral immunity
Who is credited with coining the term 'allergy'?
Clemens Von Pirquet
Who developed the theory of antibody diversity known as the Template or Instructive theory?
Felix Haurowitz
What type of immunity is responsible for the recognition of antigens by T cells?
Cell-mediated immunity
Who developed the technique of Radioimmunoassay?
Rosalyn Yalow
Which of the following is an example of adaptive immunity?
The production of antibodies against cervical cancer
What type of immunity is mediated by antibodies?
Humoral immunity
Who discovered the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC)?
George Snell
Which type of immunity involves the recognition of antigens by the major histocompatibility complex?
Cell-mediated immunity
Who developed the Clonal Selection Theory of Antibody Diversity?
Niels Jerne
Who developed the Mancini Test (Single Diffusion, Double Dimension)?
G.Mancini
Test your knowledge of the pioneers who shaped our understanding of the immune system. From the structure of antibodies to the concept of allergy, see how well you can recognize the contributions of these historical figures.
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