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The Forssman Antigen is a glycolipid heterophil protein and a type of heterogenetic antigen found in certain animals like dogs, horses, cats, turtles and sheep, including enteric organisms such as pneumococci. In sheep, it is found in their erythrocytes but not on tissue and organs, except for hamsters and guinea pigs. This antigen is valuable for determining infectious mononucleosis, the antibody that develops in infectious mononucleosis of humans reacts specifically with the Forssman antigen, constituting to a positive result, when medically tested.
Namesake
It is named for John Frederick Forssman (1868 – 1947), a pioneer Swedish Pathologist, who described it in 1930.