Talk:Cross-reactivity

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Comment on generality: i think this article needs to be edited to comply with the generality of the term, then it is not only used in immonology. It is a wide spread biological phenomena deriving from the complex nature of living systems. Crossreaction is to be expected on every biochemical process, in which a trade-off between functional specificity and robustness exists. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Choklo (talk • contribs) 08:45, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The second paragraph is about each antigen stimulating an immune reaction, which isn't really crossreactivity (one antibody attacking multiple antigens). Maybe the second paragraph could be chopped out (it's just background info on adaptive immune responses, which can be found in other articles) or should at least be related back to crossreactivity per se. What do people think??? (I also agree with Choklo that if this term is used beyond immunology, the wider meaning needs to be mentioned in the article). Emble64 (talk) 10:44, 22 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Vaccines

I am surprised there isn't a discussion about the cross reactivity of vaccines and the follow on effects for public health - e.g. the human papilloma virus vaccine Cervarix was designed to protect against HPV strains 16 and 18, but there is good evidence to suggest it is cross reactive with other strains too (HPV 45 and 31). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Crazyflag (talk • contribs) 14:01, 19 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]