if you are positive for the flu but are asymptomatic, do you still build immunity from it?

Question

if you are positive for the flu but are asymptomatic, do you still build immunity from it?

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Answer 1

Yes. As long as a dendritic cell gets its hands on some bits and pieces of virus (or other pathogen) and makes it to a lymph node to present those to T & B cells, you’ll get an adaptive immune response + memory.

Answer 2

If you are infected with the flu, you will build immunity. This is part of the idea behind many vaccines.