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A New Mother Expresses Concern About Her Baby Developing Allergies

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A new mother expresses concern about her baby developing allergies and asks what the health care provider meant by "passive immunity." Which example should the nurse use to explain this type of immunity?


Definitions:

E4 Allele

A variant of the APOE gene associated with an increased risk for Alzheimer's disease and other health conditions.

Risk Factor

An aspect or variable associated with an increased probability of developing a disease or injury.

Alzheimer's Disease

A progressive neurological disorder that causes memory loss, cognitive decline, and eventually, death.

Serial Passage Experiment

A technique in which a sample containing entities like viruses or bacteria is periodically transferred into fresh growth media to study changes over time.

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