Biology GCSE
Immunity
What Immunity means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Immunity
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Reference: AQA
The pathogen is destroyed before it can cause illness, so the person is immune to that pathogen without having suffered the disease.
Topics that use Immunity
- Vaccination (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Antigens and antibodies
- Herd immunity
- immunological memory
- Memory cells
- Specific immune response
- Vaccination
- Antigen–antibody binding
- Prevention of infection
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