"immunologic memory" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It refers to the ability of the immune system to remember and recognize specific pathogens or foreign substances that it has encountered before. Example: "Vaccines work by triggering the body's immunologic memory, allowing it to quickly respond and fight off a particular disease if exposed in the future."
These cells account for immunologic "memory," a more rapid, vigorous response to a second encounter with the same antigen.
Clark, E. H. et al. Plasmodium falciparum malaria in the Peruvian Amazon, a region of low transmission, is associated with immunologic memory.
Recent data indicating that NK cells may be capable of immunologic memory raises the possibility that we could harness NK cells to fight viruses.
Effector memory lymphocyte populations that remain in tissues after primary challenge are obviously important components to tissue immunity and have been highlighted in a previous Focus dedicated to immunologic memory.
Murray, A. J., Kwon, K. J., Farber, D. L. & Siliciano, R. F. The latent reservoir for HIV-1: how immunologic memory and clonal expansion contribute to hiv-1 persistence.
To facilitate the improvement of vaccination programmes, a better understanding of protective immune responses (correlates of protection) and immunologic memory are required.
Here we demonstrate that solar-simulated ultraviolet radiation, applied after immunization, suppresses immunologic memory and the elicitation of delayed-type hypersensitivity.
This simplified language can be decoded in part by significant advances in understanding naı̈ve T cell activation, differentiation and generation of immunologic memory.
One mechanism for failure to develop sterilize immunity may be the inability of the infected host to achieve immunologic memory and maintain an effective anti-parasite immune response4,5.
Existing immunogenicity data suggest that PCV will provide a long-lasting immunologic memory and protection.
If that fails, Plummer says his lab still may be able to answer the question by looking at the man's T cells and analyzing whether they have any immunologic memory of having see the new virus.
