KROK 1 2016 – Question 61 · KROK (Medicine) · Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
A patient has been hospitalised with provisional diagnosis of virus B hepatitis. Serological reaction based on complementation of antigen with antibody chemically bound to peroxidase or alkaline phosphatase was used for disease diagnostics. What is the name of the applied serological reaction?
- A. Bordet-Gengou test
- B. Radioimmunoassay
- C. Immune-enzyme analysis
- D. Immunofluorescence test
- E. Antigen-binding assay
Hint
Look at the marker chemically bound to the antibody in the described reaction (peroxidase or alkaline phosphatase) and ask which assay family uses that kind of marker.
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