The inhabitants of an isolated island experience an epidemic of a virus. All individuals are infected, and once they recover, the virus is absent for many years. Later, a visitor reintroduces the virus to the island. Only those individuals born after the initial outbreak are infected. What does this tell you about immunological memory?

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The inhabitants of an isolated island experience an epidemic of a virus. All individuals are infected, and once they recover, the virus is absent for many years. Later, a visitor reintroduces the virus to the island. Only those individuals born after the initial outbreak are infected. What does this tell you about immunological memory?





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