Common respiratory infections may have helped to protect children from SARS-CoV-2. (IMAGE)

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Common respiratory infections may have helped to protect children from SARS-CoV-2.

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The new study suggests that, by frequently activating the antiviral and proinflammatory innate immune response, common respiratory virus and bacterial infections may have helped to protect children from SARS-CoV-2.

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©2024 Watkins et al. Originally published in <em>Journal of Experimental Medicine</em>. https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.20230911

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