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What is a cross-reactivity?

What is a cross-reactivity? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (immunology) The degree to which an antigen is effective against an antibody that was generated against a different antigen
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There is also some cross-reactivity to lettuce, nuts, mustard and leguminoseae vegetables.
Because of the possibility of cross-reactivity, patients with immediate hypersensitivity to penicillin should not be treated with a cephalosporin.
An extensive cross-reactivity among different species of the genus has been demonstrated.
Preliminary data also show good cross-reactivity to a more recently circulating H5N1 strain.
Due to the presence of the panallergen profilin a certain degree of cross-reactivity to other plant allergens may be expected.
In contrast, hydrophobic driven binding and low levels of electrostatic interactions are associated with conformational flexibility and cross-reactivity.

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