HLSC 3P97 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Immunofluorescence, Immunoglobulin G, Antigen
15 Dec 2017
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Table 7. 1 -- latent agents = ex. Latent don"t show signs or symptoms, not contagious or infectious. Latency can be broken with change in immune system of host and organism can become active. Table 7. 1 multiple causation can come from a couple of different organisms. Multiple causation = multiple causes of a disease (multiple organisms) Revisiting koch"s postulates we now have access of nucleic acids. We can isolate the dna in a virus and match it to what we think is the virus based on symptoms, medical history etc. We can also measure their serum and see if they"re making an immune response to the treatment we think it is (using a specific antigen looking for antibodies in the serum of the patient). They will be high if the person is making an immune response. (look at graph on slide) Urine should never have cells or protein in it. Antibodies are present in serum (plasma or yellow portion of blood.
