The number of whooping cough cases has risen. A pregnant woman is immunised against whooping cough to help protect her newborn baby from this disease. How does the mother’s immune response protect a newborn baby from whooping cough?
- Abefore birth, baby receives from mother: antibodies; type of protection gained by baby: natural passive
- Bbefore birth, baby receives from mother: antigens; type of protection gained by baby: artificial active
- Cbefore birth, baby receives from mother: memory cells; type of protection gained by baby: artificial passive
- Dbefore birth, baby receives from mother: pathogens; type of protection gained by baby: natural active