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Previous coronaviruses affect antibodies, NAU-TGen study shows

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In this screenshot, Jason Ladner, assistant professor at NAU’s Pathogen and Microbiome Institute, speaks during a September 2020 virtual press conference of the Arizona COVID-19 Genomics Union, a statewide research group that is tracking the movement of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. 

Before the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, made these spiky viruses a household name, humans have faced other coronaviruses -- which a new study by Northern Arizona University and the Translational Genomics Research Institute has revealed could have an effect on how immune systems respond to COVID-19.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, human coronaviruses were first identified in the 1960s. There are currently six known that can infect humans, in addition to SARS-CoV-2, including several that are considered common or endemic.



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