[News] New study ensures that antibodies generated by COVID-19 react to other strains of coronavirus

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When we become infected with a virus or bacteria, the immune system reacts against it and starts the production of antibodies in the body, even when the virus has already been eliminated.

"Typically we begin to produce one type of antibody (immunoglobulins M or IgM), around day seven after infection and another type of antibody (immunoglobulin G or IgG), after day 10 of infection", explains Juan Manuel Carreño Quiroz , a microbiologist at Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine in New York.

New research published by scientists at Oregon Health & Science University shows that antibodies generated by the new coronavirus react to other coronavirus strains and vice versa.

Antibodies are proteins in the blood that the immune system makes to protect itself from infection, in this case by a coronavirus. According to one of the study's authors, Fikadu Tafess, "Our finding has some important implications when it comes to immunity against different strains of coronavirus infections, especially since these viruses continue to mutate."

On the other hand, Carreño Quiroz states that the test will help governments to better control the pandemic and gradually remove the isolation of their po[CENSORED]tions.

Dr. Stanley Perlman, professor of microbiology and immunology at the University of Iowa (USA), revealed that it is necessary to take care because the duration of immunity against the coronavirus has not yet been defined.