Antibody titer

Antibody titer
Occasionally, the body makes an error and begins to recognize its own tissue as being non-self, or foreign. This leads to an immune response against that tissue type, cell, or substance that is part of the body.
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Antibody Titer
The antibody level in the blood is a reflection of the body's past experience or exposure to an antigen, or something that the body does not recognize as self.
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FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TITER - An indirect method of measuring the concentration of an antibody in serum through the detection of fluorescent light emitted in a chemical reaction.
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A slightly different form of this test, the Rh antibody titer, is done early in pregnancy to determine a woman's blood type. A woman with Rh-negative blood can produce antibodies against her baby's blood if the baby has Rh-positive blood.
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An antibody titer (concentration) of 1:64 or greater on the CF test or 1:512 or greater on the micro-IF test is needed to make the diagnosis of LGV. In some cases, the diagnosis can be made from culturing C.
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A monospot test (positive for infectious mononucleosis)
Epstein-Barr virus antigen by immunofluorescence (positive for EBV)
Epstein-Barr virus antibody titers can help distinguish acute infection from past infection with EBV
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Naegele RF, Champion J, Murphy S, et al.: Nasopharyngeal carcinoma in American Children: Epstein-Barr virus-specific antibody titers and prognosis. Int J Cancer 29 (2): 209-12, 1982. [PUBMED Abstract] ...
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