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Immune 36: Aberrant immunity in COVID-19

  • October 21, 2020
  • Tagged as: antibody, coronavirus, COVID-19, germinal center, herd immunity, humoral immunity, immune, immune memory, immunology, pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, somatic hypermutation

Immune describes the striking loss of germinal centers in lymph nodes and spleen in patients with severe COVID-19, providing an explanation for short-lived humoral immunity and limited somatic hypermutation of antibodies to SARS-CoV-2.

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