Figure 1. Immunological role of the neutralizing antibodies and memory T cells (IMAGE)
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Neutralizing antibodies and memory T cells are two components of adaptive immunity conferred by viral infection or vaccination. Neutralizing antibodies physically bind to viruses to block them from infecting the cells. While T cells cannot prevent the viral infection, they can effectively search and destroy cells that display viral antigens on their surface, eliminating them to prevent further infection.
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