Omicron (B.1.1.529) BA.1 or BA.2-related effects on immune responses in previously naïve versus imprinted individuals: immune imprinting as an advantage in the humoral immune response against novel variants
BackgroundImmune imprinting is a phenomenon in which a person's immune system develops a specific immunological memory of the pathogen or vaccine due to a previous exposure. This memory basically leads to a faster and stronger immune response in a subsequent contact to the same pathogen or vacc...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2023-05-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Immunology |
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| Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2023.1165769/full |