Medical Definition of Antigenic switching

1. The process by which a pathogenic microbe's genetic structure is altered tochange its surface antigens inorder to avoid being detected by the host's immune system. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Antigenic Switching

antigenaemia
antigene
antigenes
antigenic
antigenic
antigenically
antigenicities
antigenicity
antigenicity
antigenic competition
antigenic complex
antigenic determinant
antigenic drift
antigenic modulation
antigenic shift
antigenic switching (current term)
antigenic variation
antigens
antigens
antigen excess
antigen interferon
antigen presentation
antigen processing
antigen shift
antigen unit
antiglare
antiglobulin
antiglobulins
antiglobulin test
Antigone

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