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What would be the primary advantage of passive immunity with diseases
such as tetanus? |
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What would be a primary advantage of using an attenuated agent rather
than just an antigen from that antigen? |
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In a serological test, what is meant by a false positive reaction? |
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Why can't a cross-linking lattice form when there is an excess of antibody? |
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In the hemagglutination inhibition test for antibodies against measles,
(1) the measles virus when mixed with red cells causes hemagglutination but
(2) when antimeasles antibody is added to the virus before mixing with red cells
no hemagglutination occurs. Are the reactions in (1) and (2) antigen-specific
and why is hemagglutination inhibited? |
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How could different antigens in tissues be located? |
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Why is RIA highly sensitive? |
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In the virus neutralization test, why would the virus be unable to replicate? |
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