Why Your Kid's Strep Throat Keeps Coming Back (IMAGE)

La Jolla Institute for Immunology

Why Your Kid's Strep Throat Keeps Coming Back

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Naïve B cells (blue) team up with Tfh cells (white) in areas known as germinal centers (red) within tonsils. That interaction allows them to become mature, antibody-producing B cells (green).

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Dr. Yu Kato, La Jolla Institute for Immunology

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