{"id":53067,"date":"2020-11-04T04:44:56","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T04:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=53067"},"modified":"2023-09-22T07:21:14","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T07:21:14","slug":"active-immunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/active-immunity\/","title":{"rendered":"Active immunity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The body\u2019s immune system is stimulated to develop antibodies to a particular antigen.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Immunity which is acquired by catching and surviving an infectious disease or by vaccination with a weakened form of the disease, which makes the body form antibodies.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Form of acquired immunity in which the body produces its own antibodies against disease-causing antigens. 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