Basic Serological Testing

Rowa Yousef AlhabbabInfectious Disease UnitFaculty of Applied Medical SciencesKing Abdulaziz UniversityJeddah, Saudi Arabia

• Foreword.- Preface.- Acknowledgements.- Introduction to the Immune System.- Antibody and antigen interaction.- Precipitation and Agglutination Reactions.- Rapid Plasma Reagin (RPR) Test.- Treponema pallidum heamagglutination (TPHA) Test.- Stained Brucella suspensions.- Rheumatoid Factor (RF).- Suspension Anti-streptolysin-O (ASO/ASL) Test.- C-Reactive Protein (CRP) Latex Agglutination Test.- Complement fixation Test (CFT).- Radioimmunoassay (RIA).- Enzyme-immunoassay (EIAs) and Enzyme-linked immunosorbent (ELISA).- Pregnancy Test.- Radial immunodiffusion (RID).- Immunofixation electrophoresis (IFE).- Immunofluorescence assay (IF).