2. A serial dilution of patient serum is done: Tube #1 Tube #2 Tube #3 Tube...

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2. A serial dilution of patient serum is done: Tube #1 Tube #2Tube #3 Tube #4 Tube #5 Tube #6
1:2 1:4 1:8 1:16 1:32 1:64
One milliliter of RBCs is added to each tube and the followingis noted:
Tube #1 No agglutination
Tube #2 No agglutination
Tube #3 Agglutination
Tube #4 Agglutination
Tube #5 Agglutination
Tube #6 Agglutination
a. What has happened in Tubes #1 and 2?
b. What is the antibody titer?
3. You suspect that an individual has been infected with theNasty Virus, a highly contagious virus that has been reported inyour city. Describe how you could use the Western blot procedure toconfirm that this individual has been infected. (Please list thesteps of the Western Blot procedure)

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2a There is no antibody formation so no agglutination takes place 2b It is the Antibody detection method in serum It detects the presence and amount of antibodies within a persons See Answer

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