Sunday, March 3, 2019

Immunological aspects of immunodeficiency diseases part 12




CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF ANTIBODY DEFICIENCY

KEY CONCEPTS

In general, the course of uncomplicated viral infection (chicken pox, measles etc) is not significantly different from those in normal individuals, indicating that antibody production is not essential for recovery from acute viral infections. However,  long-term immunity, which depends on the ability to develop neutralizing antibodies does not develop and the infections can recur.

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