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CROSS-IMMUNITY [1 record]

Record 1 2005-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Immunology
DEF

A form of immunity in which immunity to one bacteria or virus is effective in protecting the animal against an antigenically similar but different organism.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immunologie
DEF

Immunité paradoxale qui protège un sujet, non seulement de la maladie infectieuse correspondant à l'antigène qu'on lui a administré sous forme de vaccin, mais encore d'une autre maladie contagieuse, sans rapport clinique ou épidémiologique avec la première.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inmunología
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