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More than a year in the pandemic, you probably already know that the recovery of a COVID case generally confersa certain level of protection in the following months. Yet as a team of French researchers from the Institut Pasteur and the Institute for Research on the Vaccine (VRI) at the University Paris-Est Créteil, emphasized, theexact nature of this protection has so far been "poorly characterized poor". They say that the data is particularly lacking in the cases of surrounding asymptomatic Covid, which they estimated can represent nearly half of the infections. For this reason, many patients with light Covid cases are in the dark as to whether they are protected after recovery.

This is why the team highlighted the level of protection after infections without symptoms, sharing its conclusions in the newspaperCell reports medicine Last week. They confirmed that the asymptomatic infections leave behind an important type of antibodies - a finding that could change the way we understand immunity in asymptomatic cases. Read on what they have discovered and for more protection against Covid,This vaccine can protect you from all variants, a new study says.

According to researchers, Covid infections leave "polyfunctional antibodies" in the body after recovery. They are called "polyfunctional" because theyreinfection using more than one method, explainsTimothy Bluel, a co-author of the study and a scientist in the unity of virus and immunity of the Institut Pasteur and the VRI.

"This study has shown that people infected with SARS-COV-2 have antibodies capable of attacking the virus in different ways," Brutal shared in a statement. He explained that these antibodies make viral particles are no longer infectious in two ways. First, they prevent the virus from entering healthy cells (a process called "neutralization"). Second, they activate cells called "natural killer" or "NK" cells, which kill infected cells. And for more COVID new news, delivered directly to your inbox,Sign up for our daily newsletter.

Until recently, there was little data on whether asymptomatic covid infections could produce strong neutralizing antibodies. However, the French study revealed that the polyfunctional antibodies both blocked the cellular input and also killed infected cells, even in asymptomatic cases. The team concluded that cases of symptomatic and asymptomatic covidation "induce antibodies capable of killing infected cells regardless of the severity of the disease." And for more information from essential Covid,You are more likely to get Covid after vaccination if you are on this age.

The team also compared the force of protection after asymptomatic andSymptomatic cases. They discovered that the polyfunctional antibody levels were only "slightly lower" in asymptomatic cases.

"The study reveals new mechanisms for action of SARS-COV-2 antibodies and suggests that the protection induced by an asymptomatic infection is very close to that observed after a symptomatic infection," saidOlivier Schwartz, a co-author of the study and scientist in VRI, in a statement.

While the conclusions of the study are undoubtedly good news for anyone who has had a COVID asymptomatic case, experts say that you should plan to be vaccinated forDurable protection against the virus.

According to White House Covid AdvisorAnthony Fauci, MD, becoming vaccinated after the recovery of a natural infection will increase considerably the "durability" of protection. He pointed out that after a complete plan for Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, canIncrease the level of neutralizing antibodies in ten times on the second dose. And for more on the vaccine,This is the only way to tell if your Covid vaccine worked, say doctors.