Immune after corona infection? Researchers gain new knowledge

The question of immunity after a corona infection has not yet been clarified.

Now two studies give reason for hope.

• Researchers from the

  USA

  and

  Great Britain

  publish new studies on corona *

  immunity

  .

• Immune cells

   against the 

  coronavirus 

  are said to remain in the human body for a very long time.

• The

  studies

  have

  not yet been reviewed

  by other

  scientists

  .

Kassel - According to a study from

, the immune protection against renewed

infection should last longer than initially assumed.

Study researches corona immunity: the risk of re-infection within six months is low

According to the findings of scientists at the

, the probability of

infected

again with the

within six months is

quite low.

The results of the study are "very encouraging," said Professor David Eyre.

Because they suggest that most people who were

infected

with

not get the disease again, at least in the short term.

The researchers wanted to use the

explain how long the immunity

lasts

after a

, as this could also be

extremely important

for the effectiveness of a possible

.

According to the scientists,

could last for more than six months, but not enough data have been collected to do this.

In addition, the study has not yet been independently reviewed by several subject matter experts.

Second study from the USA: Corona patients had immunity for up to eight months

But

researchers

in the

have now also come to interesting results.

As in

, an American team of scientists examined

after infection with the

pathogen

.

185 people who were already

infected

with

and are now considered to have recovered

were examined

.

As the result shows, eight months after being

with the

most people who had recovered still had

enough immune cells to fight off a

with the virus and

prevent

severe symptoms such as

.

Merkur.de * also reports on the American study.

. @ 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

Immunity for Years?

Corona study from the USA gives hope

"The amount of immune memory will likely prevent the vast majority of people from having

to go to hospital

for a serious (

) illness

for many years

," Shane Crotty, a virologist at the

and a head of the study, told the New York Times.

As it is also said, the

against

in the best case even last for years.

There is, however, one downer: the study from

has not yet been

reviewed

by any other

.

(Nail Akkoyun)

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