Notably, these RBD-reactive B cells were associated with lower breakthrough infections in individuals who had not been infected before vaccination. Meanwhile, individuals who had been exposed to the ...

Hepatitis D virus (HDV) infects the liver and causes severe inflammation. According to WHO estimates, 12 million people ...

Antibodies are best known for their ability to latch onto and neutralize bacteria, viruses and other pathogens. But these ...

Dr. Adam Ratner has heard a lot of myths and misunderstandings about measles in his decades as a New York City pediatric infectious disease specialist. A troubling untruth he’s seen circulating on ...

Developing a vaccine is difficult at the best of times, but rarely have we been in a situation where basic knowledge about a virus ... Getting T cells and B cells to respond to a germ takes time – ...

Even a mild measles infection can cause the immune system to 'forget' how to recognise and kill pathogens it has been exposed ...

Cembellin-Prieto and colleagues find that B cells in the lung are ... these regulate early macrophage activation and control influenza virus replication. Infection with highly pathogenic avian ...

The decrease in CD4 cells during HIV infection seems to be driven by immune activation, which does not always correlate with viral load. Experienced clinicians are all too familiar with the ...

Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) linked to COVID-19 is associated with reactivation of Epstein-Barr virus ... infection. Immune cells in patients with MIS-C also showed ...