Antiserum

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title: Antiserum
text: In immunology, antiserum is a blood serum containing antibodies that is used to spread passive immunity to many diseases via blood donation (plasmapheresis). For example, convalescent serum, passive antibody transfusion from a previous human survivor, used to be the only known effective treatment for ebola infection with a high success rate of 7 out of 8 patients surviving. Antisera are widely used in diagnostic virology laboratories. The most common use of antiserum in humans is as antitoxin or
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description: Blood serum containing antibodies; used to spread passive immunity
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiserum
date created: 2004-08-16T23:43:20Z
date modified: 2024-09-06T01:40:15Z
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