Estimating the recency of infection based on HI and HA testing

01 January 1970 1 3K Report

How might one go about estimating how recently an individual was infected with a given pathogen given antigen and antibody titers relevant to said pathogen?

Engelbert Buxbaum

Sounds like an exam question. Go back to your text book and read about the time course of the immune response. Then the answer should be obvious.

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