The Japanese word for Japan is æ¥æ¬, which is pronounced Nippon or Nihon and literally means the origin of the sun. The earliest record of the name Nihon appears in the Chinese historical records of the Tang dynasty, the Old Book of Tang.
Primary versus Secondary Immune Response The primary immune response occurs the first time that the immune system comes in contact with the antigen.
4 Stages of Primary Immune Response. When somebody is exposed to an antigen they have never encountered before, a relatively brief, weak immune response, the primary immune response, develops. This can be broken down into four stages: the lag, exponential, steady state, and declining phases. Lag (latent) phase.