antigenic variation

English

Noun

antigenic variation (plural antigenic variations)

(immunology) The mechanism by which an infectious organism changes its surface proteins in favor of circumventing a host immune response.

Translations

the mechanism by which an infectious organism changes its surface proteins in favor of circumventing a host immune response

Portuguese: variação antigénica f (Portugal), variação antigênica f (Brazil)

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