antigenic
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While an antigenic drift occurs gradually, a shift is sudden and involves two strains merging genetic material, spontaneously creating a new strain entirely.
From Salon • Jan. 8, 2026
First, there’s antigenic drift, which happens in the genes of the virus over time as the virus reproduces.
From Salon • Jan. 8, 2026
The phenomenon in which an initial antibody response to a virus dominates and delimits the response to later strains of the same virus is called "immunological imprinting," or "original antigenic sin."
From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2024
In terms of figuring out a near-term vaccine formulation, however, the WHO advisory group noted XBB.1.16 has very small genetic and antigenic differences from XBB.1.5.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2023
Since there are so many of them, they can make collective guesses at almost anything antigenic on the surface of the earth, but they must do their work one notion at a time.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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