Original antigenic sin is the tendency for humans to make antibody responses to epitopes shared between the first virus encountered and subsequent related viruses, while ignoring other immunogenic epitopes.
El pecado antigénico original es la tendencia de los humanos a generar respuestas de anticuerpos a epítopos compartidos entre el primer virus encontrado y virus relacionados posteriores, ignorando otros epítopos inmunogénicos.
| Front | The tendency of humans to make antibody responses to those epitopes shared between the first strain of a virus they encounter and subsequent related viruses, while ignoring other highly immunogenic epitopes on the second and subsequent viruses |
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| Back | original antigenic sin |
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