When vaccinated people get COVID anyway, their bodies seem to switch into a stronger, more targeted immune mode that uses special immune cells to fight the virus better.

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Proteomic signatures of vaccine-induced and breakthrough infection-induced host responses to SARS-CoV-2.

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2025 Jan 1

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Proteomic signatures of vaccine-induced and breakthrough infection-induced host responses to SARS-CoV-2.

Score: 43

DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.126484

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