The Protection: The Unit of Humoral Immunity Selected by Evolution
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Offit's claims about infant immune capacity can be sourced to Cohn and Langman (1990), who calculated that an average young child's immunological capacity far exceeds the roughly two dozen vaccine antigens received in routine childhood vaccination.
“Offit's claims can be sourced to the work of immunologists Cohn and Langman (1990), who calculated an average young child's immunological capacity and found it to far exceed the roughly two dozen vaccine antigens that he or she receives as part of routine childhood vaccination.”
From Public Misunderstanding of Science? Reframing the Problem of Vaccine Hesitancy (2016) · cites this paper as Cohn and Langman (1990)
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- Authors
- Cohn, M., & Langman, R. E.
- Affiliations
- Salk Institute for Biological Studies (US)
- ORCID
- Cohn, Melvin
- Venue
- Immunological Reviews
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1990-06
- Volume
- 115
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 7-147
- ISSN
- 0105-2896 (ISSN-L)
- 1600-065X
- OpenAlex
- W2096982215
- Cited by
- 238
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 6.20
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Immunological Reviews (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (1r01ai028783-01)
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (AI 28783, AI05877)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › T-cell and B-cell Immunology
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immune Response and Inflammation
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Artificial Immune Systems Applications
- Keywords
- humoral immunity, B cells, B cell receptor, immune system evolution, antibody diversity
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Antibodies, Antibody Diversity, Antibody Formation, B-Lymphocytes, Biological Evolution, Haplotypes, Humans, Models, Biological
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