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Reports summarize vaccines study results from University of Pennsylvania
August 20th, 2008
"The immune system is redundant, and B and T cells collaborate. However, almost all current vaccines work through induction of antibodies in serum or on mucosa that block infection or interfere with microbial invasion of the bloodstream," scientists in the United States report. "To protect, antibodies must be functional in the sense of neutralization or opsonophagocytosis. Correlates of protection after vaccination are sometimes absolute quantities but often are relative, such that most infections are prevented at a particular level of response but some will occur above that level because of a large challenge dose or deficient host factors. There may be 11 correlate of...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-08-20)
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