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nonadaptive immunity

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nonadaptive immunity
[-adap′tiv]
an immune response that persists after repeated exposures to the same antigen.


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Thinning skin, enlarged prostate, diminished cough reflex, and other anatomic or physiologic accompaniments of aging are changes in nonadaptive immunity that render the elderly more vulnerable to infection.
Emerging Health Care-Associated Infections in the Geriatric Population by Strausbaugh, Larry James / Emerging Infectious Diseases
 
 
 
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