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anamnestic response

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Noun1.anamnestic response - renewed rapid production of an antibody on the second (or subsequent) encounter with the same antigen
immune reaction, immune response, immunologic response - a bodily defense reaction that recognizes an invading substance (an antigen: such as a virus or fungus or bacteria or transplanted organ) and produces antibodies specific against that antigen


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The concentration of viral antigen used in the preadsorption step of the ELISA was determined by using high-titer plasma from 2 recently vaccinated vaccinia-immune persons obtained at the peak (day 21) of the anamnestic response with ELISA titers that were [approximately equal to] 10-fold higher than the highest convalescent-phase samples used in the rest of the experiments.
The only exception is the rare situation where a person may have been exposed to a different flavivirus, and the anamnestic response upon exposure to WNV results in the production of high avidity IgG.
Certain patients may evoke in us unrecognized anamnestic responses.
 
 
 
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