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#Question id: 1974


A person exposed to a new cold virus would not feel better for one to two weeks because

#Section 2: General Biology
  1. specific B cells and T cells must be selected prior to a protective response.

  2. it takes up to two weeks to stimulate immunologic memory cells.

  3. no memory cells can be called upon, so adequate response is slow.

  4. antigen receptors are not the same as for a flu virus to which she has previously been exposed.