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antigenic drift [‚an·tə¦jen·ik ′drift]

(immunology)

Minor change of an antigen on the surface of a pathogenic microorganism.

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No references found			This strategy, known as antigenic drift, works well as a short-term survival tactic for the virus: the speed with which slight variations develop keeps populations susceptible to infection. Why should factory farming of swine and poultry create a pandemic ... by Cox, Stan / Synthesis/Regeneration Frequent antigenic change, known as antigenic drift, is caused by mutations during reproduction of the virus, and results in new variants of influenza. Vaccine, preparation can help change course of flu pandemic by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) Flahault, (2007) Influenza vaccine: The challenge of antigenic drift, Vaccine, 25, 6852-6862. Determination of inter- and intra-subtype/species variations in ... by Yan, Shaomin; Wu, Guang / Journal of Biomedical Science and Engineering (JBiSE)			antiflooding interceptor antifoaming agent antifogging compound antiform antifouling coating Antifreeze antifreeze proteins antifreeze sprinkler system antifriction antifriction alloy antifriction bearing antifriction latch bolt antifriction material Antifriction Materials Antifungal antifungal agent antifuse Antigas Kit, Individual Antigas Shelter antigen antigen presentation antigen-antibody reaction antigenaemia antigenic competition antigenic determinant antigenic drift antigenic mimicry antigenic modulation antigenic shift antigenic variation antigenicity Antigens antiglare shield Antigone Antigonid dynasty Antigonish Antigonus Antigonus I Antigonus I Monophthalmus Antigonus II Antigonus II Gonatas Antigonus III antigorite antigravity Antigua Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda Independence Day Antigua Carnival Antigua Guatemala Antigua National Heroes Day Antihalation Backing			Antigen-Specific Cell Adherence Assay Antigen-Specific Electrophoretic Cell Separation Antigen-Specific Helper Factor Antigen-Specific Histamine Release Antigen/allele Genotype Frequencies Among Patients Antigen/Major Histocompatibility Complex I antigenaemia antigene antigene antigene Antigène Carcino-Embryonnaire antigenemia Antigenes Antigenes Antigenes antigenic antigenic antigenic antigenic competition antigenic competition antigenic competition antigenic competition antigenic competition antigenic determinant antigenic determinant antigenic determinant antigenic determinant Antigenic determinants Antigenic determinants Antigenic determinants antigenic drift antigenic load Antigenic mimickry Antigenic mimickry Antigenic mimicry Antigenic mimicry Antigenic mimicry antigenic modulation antigenic modulation antigenic modulation Antigenic Peptide Prediction Pipeline antigenic shift antigenic shift antigenic shift antigenic shift Antigenic variation Antigenic variation Antigenic variation Antigenic variation antigenically antigenically antigenically antigenicity antigenicity antigenicity Antigenics, Inc. Antígeno Prostático Específico Antigens Antigens Antigens Antigens, archaeal

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