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antigenic variation: a standalone construct

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Microbiology

a pathogen strategy of changing the surface molecules it displays during infection so that it escapes existing host immune responses.

In microbiology, antigenic variation refers to a pathogen strategy of changing the surface molecules it displays during infection so that it escapes existing host immune responses. This meaning comes from Deitsch (2009) in Nature Reviews Microbiology.[1]

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Deitsch, K. W., Lukehart, S. A., & Stringer, J. R. (2009). Common strategies for antigenic variation by bacterial, fungal and protozoan pathogens. Nature Reviews Microbiology, 7(7), 493-503. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro2145

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