Sentences with phrase «developed antibodies against that virus»

The flu vaccine works by exposing the body to parts of inactivated flu from the three major different types of flu that infect humans, prompting the immune system to develop antibodies against these viruses.

A positive test result only means the cat has had a prior exposure to a coronavirus — not necessarily one that causes FIP — and has developed antibodies against that virus.

When monkeys and apes are infected with Zika, they develop antibodies against the virus in approximately 14 days.

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If she had a herpes virus, and antibodies have developed in her body, it is possible that her baby already had a protection against it.

The x-ray crystallographer at the Scripps Research Institute in San Diego, California, is leading an international effort to develop a potent mix of monoclonal antibodies against the virus, some of which have already shown promise in animals.

Scientists at Dana - Farber Cancer Institute have identified natural human antibodies against the virus that causes Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), a step toward developing treatments for the newly emerging and often - fatal disease..

All three of the exposed animals not only survived the virus but developed high amounts of protective antibodies against it, likely protecting them against future exposures (although the research team has not yet explored how long that immunity lasts).

«Our results provide a roadmap to developing a single antibody - based treatment effective against not only infections caused by Ebola Zaire virus, but also caused by related filoviruses.»

Those antibodies could be used to develop vaccines to protect against Zika, as well as therapies to treat the virus, according to the study, which was a collaboration between researchers at UNC's Gillings School of Global Public Health and the UNC School of Medicine.

Ahmedâ $ ™ s team had showed that people infected by the 2009 H1N1 flu strain developed broadly protective antibodies, and separately, so did volunteers immunized against the H5N1 avian flu virus.

During the next two weeks, the pet either develop antibodies against the disease that protect it and kills the virus or it gradually goes downhill.

«Ideally, horses will develop antibodies against the relevant vaccine strain, resulting in a significant reduction of clinical disease and nasal shedding of the virus,» points out Hancock.