KROK 1 2010 – Question 164 · KROK (Medicine) · Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
Material taken from a patient with provisional diagnosis "influenza" was referred to a laboratory. For virological examination the hemadsorption reaction was applied. This reaction can be applied for detection of the following viruses:
- A. DNA-genomic viruses
- B. All the simple viruses
- C. Viruses containing hemagglutinins
- D. All the complex viruses
- E. Any viruses
Hint
Think about what the red cells would attach to in an infected cell culture, and which virus-specific component must be present on the cell surface for that.
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