Categories
of Immunodeficiencies
•Primary
immunodeficiencies
•Šalso called
congenital or hereditary
immunodeficiencies
•Šimmunodeficiencies
that are the result of genetic defects
•Šbecome
evident at birth or early childhood
•Secondary
immunodeficiencies
•Šalso called
acquired immunodeficiencies
•Šimmunodeficiencies
that develop subsequent to infection, cancer, or therapy
•Šbecome
evident later in life