Tests Flashcards
Patient serum and commercial sheep blood cells
coated with the appropriate antigen are required; (+) no reaction
INDIRECT HEMAGGLUTINATION (IHA)
Uses whole pathogens as a source of antigens
FLOCCULATION OR AGGLUTINATION
The patient serum is added to known cultured
parasites. This mixture is observed for the presence of
parasite clumping.
FLOCCULATION OR AGGLUTINATION
Bentonite or latex or the organism
FLOCCULATION OR AGGLUTINATION
USES: Leishmaniasis, Chaga’s disease
FLOCCULATION OR AGGLUTINATION
Detect antibodies against malarial parasites
INDIRECT FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY (IFA)
What is the antigen used in INDIRECT FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY (IFA)?
Plasmodium schizonts
A sandwich assay
INDIRECT FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY (IFA)
Ab and Ag are allowed to diffuse independently through a gel
Gel diffusion by ouchterlony
Ag (-) will go to anode, Ab (+) will go to cathode
COUNTERCURENT ELECTROPHORESIS
Requires concentrated antigens and takes several days
before results are available
GEL DIFFUSION (OUCHTERLONY) AND COUNTERCURENT ELECTROPHORESIS (CEP)
GEL DIFFUSION (OUCHTERLONY) AND COUNTERCURENT ELECTROPHORESIS (CEP) detects?
Detect amebiasis and fascioliasis infections
For detecting and quantifying soluble substances like proteins, peptides, and AB
ENZYME -LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY (ELISA)
Modification of the standard ELISA for increased
sensitivity and specificity in detecting antibodies of
the IgM class to Toxoplasma
Double sandwich ELISA
Determine the concentration of an unknown ab in the sample
Double sandwich ELISA
In ELISA, The addition of a suitable substrate generates a
visible color reaction.
For taxoplasmosis
SABIN-FELDMAN DYE TEST
Toxoplasma trophozoites cant be stain by methylene blue
SABIN-FELDMAN DYE TEST
What can actively take up methylene blue?
Toxoplasma tachyzoites