Indirect
Agglutination – General Concepts
U detection of antibodies in serum that are
not attached to an
antigen
U detection of antibody uses carrier particles
that have been coated
with antigen or
possess the antibody- specific epitope.
U examples of
carrier molecules include:
\ human red
blood cells
\ sheep red
blood cells
\ horse red
blood cells
\ turkey red
blood cells
\ latex
particles
\ charcoal
\ bentonite