Which of these facts ( all are true) best explains why cause babies and very young children are especially?

vulnerable to bacteria with polysaccharide capsules?





A. Maternal antibodies are transmitted to babies around the time of birth


B. Young children cannot make effective T- independent antibody responses


C. Antibodies can function as opsonins


D. Secondary immune responses can be both humoral and cellular.

Which of these facts ( all are true) best explains why cause babies and very young children are especially?
B.
Reply:B


all are true


but children do not have anti bodies


and require them to fight of nifections


an infant recieves this by breast milk from the mother
Reply:id say b also





but





antibodies are transmitted to the infant via breast milk





antibodes cannot function as opsonins with encapsulated bacteria, you need complement for that