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A person likely to develop tetanus is immunised by administering

Options

A.dead germs
B.preformed antibodies
C.wide spectrum antibiotics
D.weakend germs

Solution

In passive immunity, the antibodies are produced in some other organisms (eg, horse) in response to the given antigen. These antibodies are then injected into the human body at the time of need. This is known as inoculation, eg, person infected by tetanus, rabies, Salmonella and snake venom are given the sufficient amount of antibodies, so thaT they can survive.

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