antigenic variation

noun

Definitions

  1. The mechanism by which an infectious organism changes its surface proteins in favor of…

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

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for antigenic variation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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