Antigenic escape
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Antigenic escape occurs when the immune system is unable to respond to an infectious agent. Antigenic escape is the end result of Antigenic variation.
One cause of Antigenic escape is that a pathogen's epitopes (the binding sites for immune cells) become too similar to a patient's naturally occurring MHC-1 epitopes. The immune system becomes unable to distinguish the infection from self-cells.
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