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Antigen
Basically to explain this, an antigen is any type of pathogen that causes disease, while an antibody is something that combats against the antigen.
When an antibody attaches onto an antigen it destroys the antigen to help your body fight off a disease.
tetanus
an antigen
whats the treatment for hiv/aids?
You have dengue disease. See a doctor.
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Patients volunteer because they have a specific disease.
An increased level of PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen) may indicate the presence of disease.
immunodiagnosis is nothing but identifying the nature or cause of disease by antigen-antibody reaction in blood
An autoantigen is usually a normal protein or complex of proteins (and sometimes DNA or RNA) that is recognized by the immune system of patients suffering from a specific autoimmune disease. These antigens should, under normal conditions, not be the target of the immune system, but, due to mainly genetic and environmental factors, the normal immunological tolerance for such an antigen has been lost in these patients.