A pathogenic virus has a new mutation in one of the coat proteins, that just happens to resemble the structure of a normal human protein present in dendritic cells of the central nervous system. What do you predict may be an outcome of infection by this virus?
A) The adaptive immune system will not respond to the virus because the innate immune system will destroy it first.
B) There will be no adaptive immune response to the virus, since all self-reactive T lymphocytes are removed in the thymus.
C) The membrane attack complex will be unable to burst the viral membrane.
D) The body's immune system will start attacking the brain cells because the viral protein is very similar to the protein on the dendritic cells.
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