KROK 1 2019 – Question 11 · KROK (Medicine) · Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
To test donor blood for hepatitis B antigens, it is necessary to use highly sensitive detection methods. What test should be used for this purpose?
- A. Complement binding
- B. Immunoelectrophoresis
- C. Solid-phase enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
- D. Indirect hemagglutination
- E. Indirect immunofluorescence
Hint
Consider which laboratory approach has the highest analytical sensitivity for detecting minute amounts of a viral antigen in many serum samples at once.
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