The question of immunity after coronavirus infection is unresolved.
Researchers have now come to interesting results in the most extensive study to date.
Coronavirus pandemic
: Are you
immune to the
SARS-CoV-2 pathogen
after being
infected with corona
?
American researchers are conducting the largest study to date on the subject of
Covid-19 immunity
.
Immune cells
against the
coronavirus
supposedly stay in the human body for a very long time.
Munich / San Diego - The
USA
is the country with the most
corona cases in the pandemic
.
Almost
12.25 million infections
were
detected
as of Monday, November 23, according to surveys from
Johns Hopkins University
.
But: Now there is also hope from the United States, more precisely from
California.
It's about a study of
La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI)
in
San Diego
.
The
editorial network Germany (RND)
reports on this
.
Coronavirus: immune after infection?
US study comes to remarkable results
The scientists
examined
the immunity after infection with the
pathogen SARS-CoV-2
.
In exactly 185 patients who carried the virus and are now considered to have recovered.
. @ saba_aziz highlights recent LJI findings showing that the immune system can remember # SARSCoV2 for months after infection.
https://t.co/BINdx8EEsy What could this mean for long-term vaccine efficacy? # COVID19 #coronavirus #vaccine #immunology
- La Jolla Institute (@ljiresearch) November 19, 2020
The result: Most of those who had recovered still had
enough immune cells
eight months after being
infected with the
coronavirus to
fend off
a renewed infection with the pathogen and thus a possible disease from the
insidious lung disease
.
Immunity to the coronavirus: Corona immune cells supposedly in the human body for years
According to the
RND
, the researchers conclude that the
corona immune cells
stay in the body for a long period of time.
"The amount of immune memory will likely prevent the vast majority of people from having to hospital for a serious (Covid-19) illness for many years," said Shane Crotty
, a virologist at the California Institute and one of the
New York Times
,
according to the
New York Times
Study leaders.
In
the best case,
immunity against the corona virus could
last for years, it said.
A glimmer of hope in really rough times.
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