Antibodies elicited in a different species from which the antigen originated. These antibodies are directed against a wide variety of interspecies-specific antigens, the best known of which are Forssman, Hanganutziu-Deicher (H-D), and Paul-Bunnell (P-B). Incidence of antibodies to these antigens--i.e., the phenomenon of heterophile antibody response--is useful in the serodiagnosis, pathogenesis, and prognosis of infection and latent infectious states as well as in cancer classification.

Descriptor ID	D000910
MeSH Number(s)	D12.776.124.486.485.114.191 D12.776.124.790.651.114.191 D12.776.377.715.548.114.191
Concept/Terms	Antibodies, Heterophile Antibodies, Heterophile Antibodies, Heterologous Antibodies, Heterophil Heterophil Antibodies Antibodies, Heterotypic Heterotypic Antibodies Xenoantibodies Antibodies, Xenogenic Xenogenic Antibodies Heteroantibodies Heterogenetic Antibodies Heterologous Antibodies Heterophile Antibodies Antibodies, Heterogenetic Antibodies, Xenogeneic Xenogeneic Antibodies Hanganutziu-Deicher Antibodies Hanganutziu-Deicher Antibodies H-D Antibodies Paul-Bunnell Antibodies Paul-Bunnell Antibodies P-B Antibodies Forssman Antibody Forssman Antibody Antibody, Forssman

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