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polyclonal antiserum

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polyclonal
derived from different cells; pertaining to several clones.

polyclonal antiserum
see polyclonal antibody.
polyclonal gammopathy
see polyclonal gammopathy.

polyclonal antiserum
Immunology A Gemische of antibodies with distinct epitope reactivities, produced in response to a broad antigenic stimulus, which may be harvested from a person exposed to a particular pathogen and administered to another whose response to the pathogen is inadequate. See Immune globulin.


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Previous studies have demonstrated that SARS-CoV N protein can cross-react with polyclonal antiserum induced by group 1 animal CoVs (8).
Western blotting analysis using polyclonal antiserum against fowl poxvirus (FWPV) showed differences from FWPV, but a similar antigenic profile between Hawaiian goose pox (HGP) isolate and 2 previous Hawaiian poxvirus isolates were observed.
In parallel, immunohistochemical (IHC) testing was carried out on the cell cultures by using the avidin-biotin complex technique, with a polyclonal antiserum raised in mice against WNV antigens, for which cross-reactivity with Usutu virus had been demonstrated previously (1).
 
 
 
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