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Why do the antibody numbers remain higher after the first infection than before it?

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During a primary infection levels of antibodies slowly increase, peak at around ten days and then gradually decrease. ... The antibodies are produced so quickly by the memory cells that the pathogen is killed off before it can make the person ill.

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