Covid: trial to study effect of immune system on reinfection
by Nicola Davis Science correspondent from on (#5GRFN)
Oxford scientists will track whether participants are reinfected when re-exposed to coronavirus
The immune response needed to protect people against reinfection with the coronavirus will be explored in a new human challenge trial, researchers have revealed.
Human challenge trials involve deliberately exposing healthy people to a disease-causing organism in a carefully controlled manner, and have proved valuable in understanding and tackling myriad conditions from malaria to tuberculosis and gonorrhoea.
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