Your coronavirus immunity could only last this long study.
A recent study indicates that these antibody test results may not be the immunity ticket you were hoping for.
Many people still believe that surviving a Covid-19 fight comes with a lining of silver: a future immunity from the disease. Some people who were never even sick seekResults of the antibody test In the hopes, they may have already been infected and were asymptomatic, but still have the antibodies that could make them less likely to be infected again. But how long will this immunity of coronaviruses last? According to a recently published study, theAntibodies in your system may not buy you very much time, sustainableonly two to three months Before the levels fall sharply.
The study, conducted by researchers outside the Chinese center for disease control and prevention and published in the medical newspaperMedicine of natureTested 37 symptomatic patients and 37 asymptomatic. The results revealed that in both cases,90% of patients saw a sharp drop in antibodies in 8 to 12 weeks after being infected.
"Antibodies to other coronaviruses, including those who cause SARS and seas, are considered about a year, "The New York Timesreports. "Scientists had hoped that antibodies to the new virus could last at least as long." But this recent study suggests otherwise.
Researchers quickly reported that such news does not necessarily mean that these patients can be infected again. "The neutralizing antibody is what matters, and it tells a very different story"Florian Krammer, MD, a virologist who did research on Covid-19 and antibodies, saidThe temperature. It has referenced the different types of antibodies that remain in the system, including B memory cells, which can, even short quantity, help you increase the future production of antibodies. "If they find the virus again, they remember and start making antibodies very quickly," Krammer said.
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Now again, the focus is on aVVID-19 vaccine. "These reports emphasize the need to develop powerful vaccines because immunity that develops naturally during the infection is under-optimal and short-term in most people", "Akiko Iwasaki, MD, a viral immunistor at the University of Yale, saidThe temperature. "We can not rely on a natural infection to reach the immunity of the flock." And for more information on what can help your body fight Covid-19, seeThis common disease could increase your coronavirus immunity.
