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Measles causes 'immune amnesia,' leaving patients vulnerable to repeat infections

Measles causes 'immune amnesia,' leaving patients vulnerable to repeat infections

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Measles causes 'immune amnesia,' leaving patients vulnerable to repeat infections

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Measles causes 'immune amnesia,' leaving patients vulnerable to repeat infections

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Thorofare: SLACK INCORPORATED

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Infectious Disease News, 2019-12, Vol.32 (12), p.1-8

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English

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Thorofare: SLACK INCORPORATED

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The study was based on an analysis of antibody response before and after measles infection in 77 unvaccinated children using VirScan, "a powerful pathogen antibody profiling technology" developed by co-author Stephen J. Elledge, PhD, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, in 2015. According to Mina and Elledge, they assumed that antibodie...

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Measles causes 'immune amnesia,' leaving patients vulnerable to repeat infections

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TN_cdi_proquest_reports_2352142808

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_reports_2352142808

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1056-9251

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