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Adaptive Immune Responses Are Slow to Develop, Taking Days to Weeks

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Adaptive immune responses are slow to develop, taking days to weeks after exposure to reach their peak. However, these responses are more specific than innate responses, and also generate immunological memory. These latter features, which provide enhanced protection upon re-infection with the same pathogen, are the basis of:

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