anticoronavirus - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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From anti- + coronavirus.
anticoronavirus (not comparable)
- (virology, immunology) Acting against coronavirus (usually in reference to antibodies).
1986, Alberto J. L. Macario, Monoclonal antibodies against bacteria, volume 3, page 306:
Some cross-reactivity occurred when bovine coronavirus was present in the fecal specimens and required blocking with bovine anticoronavirus serum.
1987, Journal of Food Protection, volume 50, page 537:
By neutralization tests, we studied the specific antirotavirus and anticoronavirus activity in raw milks, heat-treated milks and their corresponding ammonium sulfate-precipitated fractions, and in ultrafiltration fractions.
1997 January, Aurelio Bonavia, “Infection of Primary Cultures of Human Neural Cells by Human Coronaviruses 229E and OC43”, in Journal of Virology, volume 71, number 1, page 800:
Serological data showed a significant difference between MS patients and control subjects in titers of anticoronavirus antibodies in the cerebrospinal fluid.