Original antigenic sin
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Original antigenic sin
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Original antigenic sin, also known as antigenic imprinting, the Hoskins effect, immunological imprinting, or primary addiction is the propensity of the immune system to preferentially use immunological memory based on a previous infection when a second slightly different version of that foreign pathogen is encountered. This leaves the immune system "trapped" by the first response it has made to each antigen, and unable to mount potentially more effective responses during subsequent infections. A
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Immune phenomenon
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_antigenic_sin
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2023-12-25T00:30:47Z
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