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Strong antibody response and nasal cytokines may protect young children from severe COVID-19

Strong antibody response and nasal cytokines may protect young children from severe COVID-19

Recent research helps explain why young children have lower rates of severe COVID-19 than adults. A study of infants and young children found those that acquired SARS-CoV-2 had a powerful, sustained antibody response to the virus and high levels of inflammatory proteins within the nose but not within the blood. This immune response contrasts with […]