It takes several ______ to develop a specific immune reaction against an invading organism minutes weeks months days hours

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It takes several ______ to develop a specific immune reaction against an invading organism minutes weeks months days hours
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The answer is weeks. While the innate immunity takes immediately to respond to an invading pathogen, the adaptive immunity takes weeks before it actively responds to the infection. This could be attributed to the fact that innate response is non-specific while the adaptive response is specific to the pathogen