KROK 1 2017 – Question 72 · KROK (Medicine) · Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
A patient has been hospitalized with provisional diagnosis of virus B hepatitis. Serological reaction based on complementation of antigen with antibody chemically bound to peroxidase or alkaline phosphatase has been used for disease diagnostics. What is the name of the applied serological reaction?
- A. Immunofluorescence test
- B. Radioimmunoassay technique
- C. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
- D. Immobilization test
- E. Complement fixation test
Hint
Identify what kind of label the antibody carries in the stem and how that label produces a signal, then match this principle to the method used.
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