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Cross-reaction

A reaction that occurs in blood testing when a disease agent reacts to the specific antibody for another disease agent. Cross-reactions are common in blood tests for fluke infections because the different species are closely related.

Mentioned in: Fluke Infections, Tuberculin Skin Test

cross-reaction [kros´re-ak-shun]

an interaction between an antibody and an antigen closely related to the antigen that specifically stimulated synthesis of the antibody.

cross-reaction

a reaction which occurs when surface antigenic determinants on different molecules of quite different sources are identical, so that antibody directed against one antigen also reacts with another.

cross-reaction

Immunology A partial reaction or 'recognition' of an epitope by an antibody generated in response to another antigen

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