Rapid Plasma Reagin (RPR) like the Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (VDRL) test is a screening test for syphilis which is a
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Category: Immunology
Coomb’s Test- Direct and Indirect Coomb’s Test
Coomb’s test is a direct agglutination reaction, more commonly known as antiglobulin test. It was discovered by Coombs, Mourant and
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Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (VDRL) Test
The Venereal Disease Research Laboratory test (VDRL) is a screening test for sexually transmitted infection – syphilis caused by the spirochete bacterium Treponema pallidum. It
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Rocket Immunoelectrophoresis- Objectives, Principle, Procedure, Results, Applications, Advantages and Limitations
Rocket Immunoelectrophoresis is an adaptation of radial immunodiffusion developed by Laurell. It is also known as electroimmunoassay or electroimmunodiffusion. It
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Immunoelectrophoresis- Principle, Procedure, Results and Applications, Advantages and Limitations
Immunoelectrophoresis refers to precipitation in agar under an electric field. It is a process of combination of immuno-diffusion and electrophoresis.
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Radial Immunodiffusion- Objectives, Principle, Procedure, Results, Applications, Advantages and Limitations
Immuno-diffusion is a technique for the detection or measurement of antibodies and antigens by their precipitation which involves diffusion through
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Ring Precipitation Test- Objectives, Principle, Procedure, Results and Examples
Interactions of antibodies and antigens, in the form of various tests, have been developed to determine the presence or absence
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Widal Test- Objective, Principle, Procedure, Types, Results, Advantages and Limitations
Widal test is an agglutination test which detects the presence of antibodies in patient’s serum produced against the causative agents
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Immunoglobulin E (IgE)- Structure and Functions
Immunoglobulin E (IgE) is one of the 5 classes of immunoglobulins, which is defined by the presence of epsilon (ε)
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Anatomical Barriers of Immune System- Skin and Mucus
Before a microbe or parasite can invade the host and cause infection, it must first attach to and penetrate the
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