Prevention and Treatment of Infection

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    • Vaccines
      • Exposes a person to altered strain of the virus - doesn't get you sick
      • Immune system creates antibodies and then memory immune cells for the virus
      • Next time the virus is present in the body, it can recognize the virus (protein coat) and disable it so that it can't infect host cells
      • Prevents getting sick from the same virus again (there are exceptions)