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SARS-CoV-2 mutations may evade T cell immunity – News-Medical.Net

A potentially disturbing new study suggests that SARS-CoV-2 may be undergoing strategic mutations that affect the host immune capacity to recognize and combat the…

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A potentially disturbing new study published in December 2020 on the bioRxiv* preprint server suggests that the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that is causing the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may be undergoing strategic mutations that affect the host immune capacity to recognize and combat the pathogen via T effector cells.
Broad immune response
The virus elicits a broad spectrum of immune responses, both innate and adaptive. CD8+ cytotoxic T…

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