How does vaccination provide long term immunity?

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Evan Holbrook
Nov 17, 2017

A very small dose of the pathogen is introduced to the immune system so memory B cells can develop.

Explanation:

With the memory B cells formed, the immune system responds much more efficiently and effectively to the pathogen upon the 2nd, 3rd, etc. time of infection.

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