Did Covid Harm My Immune System? Am I Now At Risk of Other Infectious Diseases? TC_Africa: Africa Covid19
Researchers found fewer of these cells circulating after people recovered from COVID. The ones that remained were less able to activate white blood cells known asOther studies have found different impacts on T-cells, and other types of white blood cells known asmany of these cells had been activated and"exhausted". This suggests the cells are dysfunctional, and might not be able to adequately fight a subsequent infection.
Could this influence how our bodies produce antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 should we encounter it again? Or could this impact our ability to produce antibodies against pathogens more broadly - against other viruses, bacteria or fungi? The study did not say.Get the latest in African news delivered straight to your inbox