Boucle yarn is a loose, three ply yarn with a characteristic curly appearance. Used in weaving, knitting, and crocheting, boucle...
Cold agglutinins are antibodies that cause clumping or agglutination of RBCs at cold temperatures in individuals with certain conditions or who are infected by particular organisms. Cold agglutinins are associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. M. pneumoniae has i antigen specificity to human RBC membranes. Fetal cells largely contain i antigens, but by 18 mo most cells carry the I antigen.
There are 16 forms of hemagglutinin, designated H1 through H16, associated with influenza type A viruses. Together with various forms of a viral antigenic protein called neuraminidase, hemagglutinin is used to distinguish between subtypes of influenza A viruses (e.g., H1N1, H5N1).