Case Scenario: You are a nurse treating a young boy who has been bitten by a wild raccoon. The raccoon was captured and sent off to the State Health Department for rabies testing. The laboratory results will not be back for 2 weeks. Because of this, the physician chooses to treat for rabies and orders the rabies immunoglobulin injection for immediate protection and the rabies vaccine for long-term protection.
1. What is the advantage of the immunoglobulin injection over the vaccine?
2. What type of immunity will the immunoglobulin injection induce: Naturally Active, Artificially Active, Naturally Passive, or Artificially Passive? Need Assignment Help?
3. What type of immunity will the vaccine induce: Naturally Active, Artificially Active, Naturally Passive, or Artificially Passive?