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The body's immune system can remember past encounters with a pathogen and produce a faster and more effective response if exposed to the same pathogen again in the future due to the long-lived ______ created during initial exposure.
memory cells
The number of memory cells for a specific pathogen is regulated to maintain a stable number through a balance between cell death and ______.
cell proliferation
After smallpox vaccination, there is an initial peak in antibody levels, followed by a period of maintenance with no significant ______.
decline
• The body's immune system can produce a faster and more effective response to a pathogen upon a second encounter due to the creation of ______ during initial exposure
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• Memory cells for a specific pathogen are regulated to maintain a ______ between cell death and cell proliferation
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• After smallpox vaccination, memory T-cells last a long time but decay over time, with a half-life of ______
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Memory cells are created during initial exposure to a pathogen and persist until the second encounter due to their
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The balance between cell death and cell proliferation in memory cells for a specific pathogen is regulated to maintain a
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After smallpox vaccination, the immune system can still produce a robust response to smallpox even in the absence of new infections due to the presence of
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