Meanings
nounantigenic variation (plural antigenic variations)
plural antigenic variations
- immunologyThe mechanism by which an infectious organism changes its surface proteins in favor of circumventing a host immune response.
Translations
Portuguese variação antigénica, variação antigênica
- variação antigénicathe mechanism by which an infectious organism changes its surface proteins in favor of circumventing a host immune response
- variação antigênicathe mechanism by which an infectious organism changes its surface proteins in favor of circumventing a host immune response
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