agglutination

Examples of agglutination in the following topics:

• Agglutination Reactions

  • Agglutination is the visible expression of the aggregation of antigens and antibodies.
  • Agglutination reactions apply to particulate test antigens that have been conjugated to a carrier.
  • Various methods of agglutination are used in diagnostic immunology and these incude latex agglutination, flocculation tests, direct bacterial agglutination, and hemagglutination.
  • Direct bacterial agglutination uses whole pathogens as a source of antigen.
  • Describe how agglutination reactions can be used to assess the presence of antibodies in a specimen

• Precipitation Reactions

  • Precipitation reactions differ from agglutination reactions in the size and solubility of the antigen and sensitivity.
  • Precipitation reactions are less sensitive than agglutination reactions but remain gold standard serological techniques.

• Cultivation of Specimen

  • Serum can be directly used in agglutination, precipitation, complement fixation, fluorescent microscopy, and enzyme-linked assays.