KROK 1 2017 – Question 106 · KROK (Medicine) · Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
Pathologic material (mucosal excretion from the nasal passages) obtained from a patient provisionally diagnosed with influenza was delivered to the virological laboratory. What quick test allows detecting specific viral antigen in the investigated material?
- A. Direct and indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)
- B. Radioimmunoassay (RIA)
- C. Hemagglutination inhibition assay (HAI)
- D. Reverse indirect haemagglutination (RIHA)
- E. Direct and indirect immunofluorescence (IF)
Hint
Distinguish methods that find antigen in the patient's specimen itself within hours from those that measure antibodies in serum or characterize an already isolated virus.
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