SARS-CoV-2 抗体水平升到人口免疫设定点的趋同

Eric J Nilles1, Kathryn Roberts2, Michael de St Aubin2

  • 1Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Cambridge, MA, USA.

EBioMedicine
|September 4, 2024
PubMed
概括

人口对SARS-CoV-2的免疫力向一个共同的设定点发展,由传播和抗体增强驱动. 这一发现有助于制定公共卫生战略和针对COVID-19和未来的流行病的疫苗政策.

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