Exam 9: Overview of Immunochemical Methods Used for Organism Detection

A pregnant woman had contact with her nephew who was just diagnosed with a rubella infection.Acute and convalescent samples were taken,which resulted in an acute titer of 1:16 and a convalescent titer of 1:32.Which one of the following comments explains the risk to the fetus?

The major advantage of immunofluorescent microscopy assays is that:

Antibody-mediated immune responses produced by specific proteins are generated by:

A sample suspected of containing Legionella pneumophila is treated with the dye fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC);however,the sample fluoresced a bright apple-green colony after it was processed.Which of the following statements explains this discrepancy?

The precipitin test that is widely used for detecting antibodies against fungal infection is referred to as:

The difference between latex agglutination and coagglutination is:

Elevations of which of the following antibodies may indicate a parasitic infection?