| antigenic |
of or relating to antigens
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| antigenic determinant |
the site on the surface of an antigen molecule to which an antibody attaches itself
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| antigenic drift |
Antigenic drift refers to mutations in the influenza virus that cause changes in the virus's surface proteins over time. Those proteins (hemagglutinin and neuraminidase) are the causes of the body's immune reaction (i.e., they are antigens). Mutations occur almost yearly in the influenza virus, and while the change might not be a major one (which would then be called an antigenic shift), they are sufficient to lessen your body's ability to protect you with antibodies. ...
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| antigenic variation |
Some species of disease agent seek to evade the hosts' defence mechanisms by altering their antigenic characteristics. The most extreme case of antigenic variation occurs in trypanosomiasis, where infection in the host usually takes the form of a series of parasitaemias each one of which involves a form of trypanosome antigenically different from the preceding one. This type of antigenic variation occurs during the course of a single infection.
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| antigenic shift |
which involves a major change in antigenicity, so that previously infected individuals possess little or no immunity to the shifted agent.
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