What is a cross-reaction?



What is a cross-reaction?..

Answer / Divakaran Kumar

"A cross-reaction occurs when an antibody binds to a substance that shares structural similarities with the antigen it was originally designed to recognize. This can lead to false positive results in diagnostic tests."n

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