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How to Prevent & Treat Colds & Flu

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CHAPTER

The Functioning of the Adaptive Immune System

This chapter discusses the functioning of the adaptive immune system and its ability to create antibodies specific to the cold or flu virus that infects the body. It explains how the adaptive immune system maintains a memory of past battles and can immediately neutralize the virus upon encountering it again. The chapter also highlights the two phases of the adaptive immune system, the production of IgM antibodies followed by IgG antibodies, which are highly specific to the shape of the virus.

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