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)
