Serology assays are used to detect the presence of virus-specific antibodies in a person. The serum contains different amounts of antibodies, but each antibody has high specificity for a given antigen.
Why do antibody detection (serology results) distinguish between antibody immunity that has resulted from an infection with a virus, as opposed to antibody immunity that resulted from vaccination?
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Antibody detection will always be lower if a person has immunity resulting from infection
Antibody detection will always be higher if a person has immunity resulting from infection
Serology results are unable to discriminate between antibody immunity that has resulted from an infection with a virus, as opposed to antibody immunity that resulted from vaccination
If the vaccine is comprised of only 1 viral protein then the person will only have antibodies specific to this protein and not to other proteins present in the virus
Vaccines don’t always contain the viral protein that triggers an antibody response