MMG 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Serology, Antigen, Biosafety
3 Apr 2017
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Blood, urine, feces, abscesses and wounds, throat/nasal swabs, and genital samples: be able to state the medical terms for bacteria in the blood and urine. Bacteria in the blood in known as bacteremia (or viremia) and bacteria in the urine is known as bacteriuria: know the biosafety levels for laboratories working with pathogens. Antibody concentration; during an infectious disease, antibody titer increases until disease is gone: how is a mantoux skin test performed and how is it interpreted. A purified antigen is injected under the skin and exposure to a pathogen would result from an inflammatory response: define serology. The study of determining blood type: describe what an epitope is. The part of an antigen molecule to which an antibody attaches itself: understand how agglutination assays are used to detect antibodies or antigens from a patient. Soluble antibodies cause clumping of antigens that are on the surface of a synthetic particle or cell: understand direct and indirect eia.
