Researchers Discover Two Paths Toward “Super Immunity” to COVID-19 – SciTechDaily
OHSU laboratory research compares routes to immunity involving vaccination.
New laboratory research from Oregon Health & Science University reveals more than one path toward robust immunity from COVID-19.
A new study finds that two forms of immunity – breakthrough infections following vaccination or natural infection followed by vaccination – provide roughly equal levels of enhanced immune protection.
The new study will be published online today (January 25, 2022) in the journal Science Immunology.
“It makes no difference whether you get infected-and-then-vaccinated, or if you get vaccinated-and-then-a-breakthrough infection,” said co-senior author Fikadu Tafesse, Ph.D., assistant professor of molecular microbiology and immunology in the OHSU School of Medicine. “In ei...