Which would indicate that a vaccine is protecting a person from future disease?

A vaccine prompts the immune system to produce antibodies and often memory cells that can recognize the disease-causing agent later. An increase in antibodies indicates that the immune system has mounted a targeted response that may protect against future infection. Fever and inflammation are general responses to illness or injury, and phagocytes are immune cells rather than a specific sign of vaccine protection.

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