What is meant by Heterophile antibodies?
What is meant by Heterophile antibodies? Heterophile antibodies are antibodies produced against poorly defined antigens. These are generally weak antibodies with multispecific activities. Human anti-animal antibodies that develop as a result of treatments with animal immunoglobulins are antibodies with strong avidities, produced against well-defined antigens. What is heterophile? Definition of heterophile : of, relating to, or being an antibody circulating in blood serum that is reactive with antigen originating in a different species. What causes Heterophile antibody? Heterophilic antibodies may arise in a patient in response to exposure to certain animals or animal products or due to infection by bacterial...