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homologous
Known antibody
No heagglutination
Definitive Identification
C. Neutralization
Virus + antibody (known) homologous
D. Fluorescent-Antibody Assay
Methods
Various test but mostly by ELISA
Examples:
Test for the p24 antigen of HIV
Test for the surface antigen of hepatitis B
Viral nucleic acid, either the viral genome or
viral mRNA can be detected in the blood or
tissues with complementary DNA or RNA (cDNA
or cRNA) as a probe.
The presence of viral DNA or RNA is
increasingly becoming the gold standard in
viral diagnoses.
Small amount of viral nucleic acid amplified
(PCR).