Re: [Az-Geocaching] Poison Oak/Ivy

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Author: Jim Stamm
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To: az-geocaching
Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Poison Oak/Ivy
Trisha Radley wrote on 1/12/02 7:03 AM :

>A good, more thorough definition...are we boring anybody yet?
>I do understand the mechanism that explains "immunity" and why repeated
>exposure results in greater damage, but I don't feel like trying to write it
>out all here.....LOL


I don't blame you. I first heard it from a doctoral candidate working on
occupational immunology reactions, and it's a tough one to explain. Does
it have something to do with T-cells acquiring memory?

-Jim

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