Press:Antibody

Press

Variants and synonyms

• antigen

Description

Antibodies are made by the immune system in response to falling ill or being vaccinated. Their presence in blood generally means someone has some at least some protection against a disease and won't fall ill.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9366963/Coronavirus-Pfizers-Covid-vaccine-linked-blood-clots-AstraZenecas-UK.html

Examples

The presence of coronavirus antibodies suggests someone has had the infection in the past or has been vaccinated. It takes between two and three weeks after infection or vaccination for the body to make enough antibodies to fight the virus.

Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/coronavirus-news-covid-vaccine-passport-nhs-cases-deaths-today/

Collocations

• antibody level
• antibody treatment
• antibody response
• to produce antibodies
• to neutralise antibodies

Keyness

• antibody: 229
• antigen: 378

Note

In the press corpus the lemma mostly occurs in the plural form, i.e. antibodies.