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Corona protection after infection: Scientists are certain - because of one detail

2021-01-18T20:37:51.133Z


How long does immunity last after being infected with the coronavirus? Scientists from Switzerland and the USA are now giving hope.


How long does immunity last after being infected with the coronavirus?

Scientists from Switzerland and the USA are now giving hope.

  • Coronavirus pandemic in Germany

    : Due to the high number of

    Covid 19 cases

    , a

    hard corona lockdown

    applies

    .

  • There are new findings about

    corona

    protection

    after

    infection

    with the

    SARS-CoV-2 pathogen

    .

  • According to researchers,

    immunity to corona

    lasts

    for

    more than half a year

    after

    infection

    .

Munich - how long does it last?

The

immunity

to the insidious

coronavirus

, and that if you have already been

infected

with the

pathogen SARS-CoV-2

?

Researchers from

Switzerland

and the

USA

are now delivering new insights - and that give hope in the almost never-ending

pandemic

.

Contagion with corona: how long does immunity last after infection with the coronavirus?

Even more: According to the said study,

corona

sufferers

can

hope

for continued protection against

Covid-19

after recovery

.

Researchers from

Switzerland

and the

USA

published an article this Monday (January 18) in the journal

Nature

, in which this approach is represented and described.

The article states that so-called

memory

cells can

produce the

antibodies

required to fight the virus

even more than six months after surviving a

corona infection

.

Immunity After Coronavirus Infection?

Scientists give hope in the fight against Covid-19

The

antibodies

would go away after a recovery, the article explains, but the reaction of the so-called

B memory

cells is still present a good six months later.

According to the

German press agency (dpa),

the researchers

said the

body could

react

“quickly and efficiently” to further infections with the

SARS-CoV-2 pathogen

.

Earlier studies had already shown that the antibodies formed against the virus sometimes disappear again quite quickly.

This was associated with fears that the

corona vaccinations

could not provide lasting protection against

Covid-19

.

Now there is new hope in the tough battle against the insidious lung disease.

(pm)

Source: merkur

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