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*Adaptive Immunity to Viruses
 
*Adaptive Immunity to Viruses
The adaptive immune system has two main ways of dealing with viral infection: the first targets viruses in its initial extracellular phase, the second targets infected host cells
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**The adaptive immune system has two main ways of dealing with viral infection: the first targets viruses in its initial extracellular phase, the second targets infected host cells:
**'''B-lymphocytes''' are capable of producing Antibody to neutralize the spike proteins of the viral lipid envelope   
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***'''B-lymphocytes''' are capable of producing Antibody to neutralize the spike proteins of the viral lipid envelope   
**'''Cytotoxic (CD8+) T cells''' target infected cells, which present any number of danger signals
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***'''Cytotoxic (CD8+) T cells''' target infected cells, which present any number of danger signals
    
*[[Vaccines - WikiBlood|Vaccines]]
 
*[[Vaccines - WikiBlood|Vaccines]]
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