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Sam is exposed to a cold virus on sunday. by tuesday he has a cough and a congested nose. on saturday he starts to feel a little better, and antibodies against the cold virus begin to be detectable. what kind of response is this?sam is exposed to a cold virus on sunday. by tuesday he has a cough and a congested nose. on saturday he starts to feel a little better, and antibodies against the cold virus begin to be detectable. what kind of response is this?secondarynonspecificinnateprimary

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The answer would be: primary

In this case, Sam becomes a little better after 6 days and he has antibody detected in his blood. In nonspecific response, only native immune system like neutrophils will be included.
Antibody comes from cell B which is one of the adaptive immune systems. If this is the secondary response, the antibody should be produced faster.

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