If later in life she has a baby will it inherit the immunity for that virus? How about to a bacteria?
Would this also be considered evolution?
2007-02-02 06:39:17 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
The mother's blood is also flowing in the baby's, so the child acquires the immunity to the virus. This is called ACQUIRED IMMUNITY.
Well, if a mother is not immune to another bacteria then the child isn't either. Please note bacteria and viruses are not the same type of organism or microbe.
Immunity is mainly specific. Say you are immune to virus A, does not mean you are automatically immune to Virus B.
In a way, you can consider this evolution. Evolution meaning change. But we usually associate evolution with really meaningful or distinct evolution, like say adding an eleventh toe for some yet undefined purpose, a third eye, or just plain COMPLETE IMMUNITY to any disease.
2007-02-02 06:48:09 · answer #1 · answered by Aldo 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If the Virus is an active lysogenic virus during pregnancy yes it can be passed on to the child. So if parent has HIV which is a retrovirus the virus will be in the egg's DNA and passed on same as Father, if sperm has viral DNA for HIV it will be passed on.
2007-02-02 08:26:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋