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cross-reaction
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cross-reaction [′krȯs rē′ak·shən]
(immunology)
Reaction between an antibody and a closely related, but not complementary, antigen.


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However, the specificity of the SV40 enzyme immunoassay is problematic because studies with serum samples from macaques have found that antibodies are cross-reactive with polyomaviruses JCV and BKV (4).
Viruses from nonhuman primates by Viscidi, Raphael / Emerging Infectious Diseases
The authors also analyzed surface structures in proteins that are cross-reactive.
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Identifying other pairs of pathogens with many cross-reactive epitopes may reveal more double-duty vaccines, the researchers say.
Beating two infections with one vaccine. (Immunology) by Science News
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