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With this current virus, “we don’t have all the answers yet,” says Dr. Juan Dumois, a pediatric infectious diseases physician at Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida.
This lack of clear knowledge is an ongoing concern for many, who are trying to find the best way to both treat and prevent COVID-19 infections. Anna Giuliano, founding director of the Center for Immunization and Infection Research in Cancer at the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, says that it’s too soon to speculate on whether this particular virus will impart immunity.
For one, it appears that some people who get COVID-19 may not develop antibodies to the virus. Additionally, there are still many other uncertainties related to the body's immune response to this particular pathogen.
“What I can say is that we desperately need research to answer a series of questions," she notes.
Sumit Chanda, director and professor with the Immunity and Pathogenesis Program at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute in La Jolla, California, concurs. “The key is going to be (answering) two things," he says.
How long do the antibodies provide protection?
And two, does the virus mutate to avoid the defense of antibodies?
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