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Q. Humans have acquired immune system that produces antibodies to neutralise pathogens. Still innate immune system is present at the time of birth because it

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Innate immunity is the non-specific type of defence that is present at the time of birth because it has natural killer cells which can phagocytose and destroy microbes (cellular barriers). Other forms of innate immunity are physical, physiological and cytokine barriers.