All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 May Lessons from past pandemic wars Lessons from past pandemic wars 15/05/2020 | 6 MINS (INCL 2 MIN VIDEO) The only way to determine if protective immunity from COVID-19 lasts a lifetime or just a few short months is to monitor WAΓÇÖs 500 ΓÇÿrecoveredΓÇÖ cases for as long as the virus continues to circulate in the community, according to LIT novel viruses expert Associate Professor Allison Imrie. ΓÇ£When people recover from the infection ΓÇô when their immune response has successfully controlled replication of the virus and the infectious virus has been cleared from their body ΓÇô antibodies produced against the virus are detected by antibody tests performed on blood samples,ΓÇ¥ she said. ΓÇ£But we donΓÇÖt yet know if these antibodies are protective, that is, whether a person who has recovered from COVID-19 and tests antibody positive, is protected from a second infection.ΓÇ¥ As we move along the road to recovery, it is crucial that WA keeps up its guard and the entire community remains supportive of intensive public health initiatives keeping a lid on t
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 May Lessons from past pandemic wars Lessons from past pandemic wars 15/05/2020 | 6 MINS (INCL 2 MIN VIDEO) The only way to determine if protective immunity from COVID-19 lasts a lifetime or just a few short months is to monitor WAΓÇÖs 500 ΓÇÿrecoveredΓÇÖ cases for as long as the virus continues to circulate in the community, according to LIT novel viruses expert Associate Professor Allison Imrie.
ΓÇ£When people recover from the infection ΓÇô when their immune response has successfully controlled replication of the virus and the infectious virus has been cleared from their body ΓÇô antibodies produced against the virus are detected by antibody tests performed on blood samples,ΓÇ¥ she said.
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ΓÇ£But we donΓÇÖt yet know if these antibodies are protective, that is, whether a person who has recovered from COVID-19 and tests antibody positive, is protected from a second infection.ΓÇ¥ As we move along the road to recovery, it is crucial that WA keeps up its guard and the entire community remains supportive of intensive public health initiatives keeping a lid on t
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