Which risk increases as the interval between vaccine boosters extends beyond the recommended schedule for a subunit vaccine?

💡 Explanation

As booster intervals lengthen, the opportunity for affinity maturation in memory B cells decreases because the repeated antigen exposure that drives this process is delayed; therefore, immune memory may be less effective at neutralizing new variants, rather than causing immediate hypersensitivity.

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