antibody testing
Blood immunity check
Antibody testing is a medical test that detects antibodies in blood, indicating whether someone has been exposed to a specific pathogen or vaccine.
Unlike tests that detect active infection, antibody tests reveal past immune responses: Antibody testing showed she'd had COVID without knowing it.
The tests help assess immunity levels and track disease spread through populations.
- serologyStudy of blood antibodies
- blood drawExtracting blood for testing
- finger prickSmall puncture for sampling
- immunityProtected from harm
- herd immunityWidespread resistance protecting all
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- health measuressocial distancing, contact tracing, quarantine, self-isolation, lockdowns
- serologyserum, antigen, titer, seropositive, seronegative
- Bioanalysisassay, assays, analyte, mass spectrometry, chromatography
- health datablood pressure, heart rate, pulse, weight, height
- Autoimmunityautoimmunity, autoantibodies, self-tolerance, lupus, multiple sclerosis
- epidemiologyepidemic, epidemiology, pandemic, outbreak, endemic
antibody testingantigen testing
Detection of pathogenic proteins
viral testing · PCR testing · bacterial culture · genetic testing
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