KROK 1 2015 – Question 143 · KROK (Medicine) · Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
A patient has been diagnosed with URTI. Blood serum contains immunoglobulin M. What stage of infection is it?
- A. Carriage
- B. Reconvalescence
- C. Incubation
- D. Prodromal
- E. Acute
Hint
Remember the order in which antibody classes appear during a first encounter with an antigen and what that means for the timing of the disease.
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