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- noun immunology The degree to which an
antigen is effective against anantibody that was generated against a different antigen
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A vaccine that is going to be given with other vaccines must be tested with those vaccines to be sure there is no cross-reactivity or loss of effectiveness among them; these studies are called concomitant use studies.
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Alternative mammalian milks, such as sheep, buffalo, horse, camel or goat, present an even higher risk of cross-reactivity and are not recommended at all in CMA.
Archive 2007-09-01 Steve Carper 2007
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A higher VE against H3N2 viruses than against influenza B viruses was likely because the circulating H3N2 strains and H3N2 strain in the vaccine were closely related while the circulating B viruses were antigenically and genetically much different from the influenza B virus in the vaccine and there was little to no cross-reactivity.
Linda Bergthold: Bill Maher is wrong about the swine flu 2009
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The same goes for antibiotics -- I think most lay folks would be surprised that we have to wrestle, years later, with the inherited family warning of about penicillin reactions, even when ordering a 4th-generation cephalosporin with essentially no cross-reactivity...
Archive 2009-07-01 2009
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The same goes for antibiotics -- I think most lay folks would be surprised that we have to wrestle, years later, with the inherited family warning of about penicillin reactions, even when ordering a 4th-generation cephalosporin with essentially no cross-reactivity...
Under my skin 2009
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Alternative mammalian milks, such as sheep, buffalo, horse, camel or goat, present an even higher risk of cross-reactivity and are not recommended at all in CMA.
UK Sets Standards for Allergy Formulas Steve Carper 2007
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Shape space: an approach to the evaluation of cross-reactivity effects, stability and controllability in the immune system.
The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007
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Shape space: an approach to the evaluation of cross-reactivity effects, stability and controllability in the immune system.
The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007
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Shape space: an approach to the evaluation of cross-reactivity effects, stability and controllability in the immune system.
The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007
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Shape space: an approach to the evaluation of cross-reactivity effects, stability and controllability in the immune system.
The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007
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