cellular immunity
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There are tests that capture cellular immunity, but they’re very expensive to run.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2023
Gandhi noted that "the protection from severe disease from prior infection or vaccination is a result of cellular immunity," or an immune response in which the immune system does not use antibodies.
From Salon ● Dec. 22, 2022
That prepares a more durable second line of immune defense — called cellular immunity — to field a fresh army of antibodies next time the virus that causes COVID-19 threatens to invade.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2022
“Also, the second dose induces cellular immunity, which predicts not only longer protection, but better protection against variant strains.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 29, 2021
Because people with X-linked agammaglobulinaemia are deficient in antibody production but not in cellular immunity, their disease was probably due to a deficiency in B-cell development only.
From Nature ● Jan. 5, 2015
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