<span>b. t cells and memory cells </span> These immune cells produce a proper response chemical to combat the microbes. The initial exposure of the body to an infectious agent e.g. through a vaccine, triggers an immune response most of which rapidly diminishes after the vaccination. However some cells of the immune system called lymphocytes remain with a memory of that pathogen.<span>As a result, if the same pathogen infects a vaccinated person, the memory cells remember and recognize it . </span>