Immune System May ‘Remember’ Infections From Previous Coronaviruses
All News Consumer Pro New Drugs Pipeline Clinical Trials FDA Alerts FRIDAY, Jan. 22, 2021 — Previous coronavirus infections might prime the immune system to fight the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19, a new study suggests.
There are numerous types of coronaviruses, including many harmless ones that cause mild upper respiratory infections similar to the common cold.
Besides SARS-CoV-2 — the virus that causes COVID-19 — other deadly coronaviruses include MERS-CoV, which caused a 2012 outbreak in Saudi Arabia of Middle East respiratory syndrome, and SARS-CoV-1, the first pandemic coronavirus that caused the 2003 severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak….
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