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SCID
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severe combined immunodefieciency
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ELISA
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enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
test for AIDS |
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disorder in which both T cells and B cells are missing
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severe combined immunodeficiency--SCID
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chemically and immunologically homogeneous antibodies produced by hybridomas, used as laboratory reagents in radioimmunoassays, ELISA, and immunofluorescence assays; also used experimentally in cancer immunotherapy.
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monoclonal antibodies
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Type of electrophoresis test that separates protein precipitates formed by immunological reactions and analyses them
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Western blot
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it is a generalized infection involving primarily the reticuloendothelial system, characterized by fever, sweating, weakness, malaise, and weight loss.
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brucellosis
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Test in which the patient's serum is mixed with a specific antigen:
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agglutination test
used to identify ABO blood groups, and diagnosis of brucellosis and salmonellosis |
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Test used to diagnose infectious mononucleosis
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heterophil agglutination test
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Type of complement fixation test used to determine if lysis occurs when normal serum is combined with antigen-antibody complexes
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VDRL--venereal disease research laboratory test
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Test performed on blood to detect the presence of RF factor in a patient suspected of having rheumatoid arthritis
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RF factor test
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Test used to separate immunoglobulins and diagnosis abnormal levels of antibodies in patients suspected of having multiple myeloma
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immunoelectrophoresis
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This study is done in the transverse plane and shows abnormalities of lymph nodes, spleen and thymus gland.
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CT scan
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organism responsible for elephantiasis
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the filaria Wucheria bancrofti;
a nematode worm of the superfamily Filarioidea. also called Bancroft filaria, Wuchereria bancrofti. |
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an antifilarial agent effective against Wuchereria and Loa loa in humans, heartworms in dogs, and lungworms in cattle and sheep. It causes the disappearance of worms from the blood due to phagocytosis by macrophages of the reticuloendothelial system. Used as diethylcarbamazine citrate
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diethylcarbamazine
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an antiprotozoal and antibacterial effective against obligate anaerobes; administered orally and intravaginally in bacterial vaginosis and Trichomonas vaginalis infection in females and orally in T. vaginalis infection in males and intestinal amebiasis. It is used orally or intravenously in extraintestinal amebiasis and infection by obligate anaerobic bacteria and intravenously for the prophylaxis of colonic perioperative infection. It is also used topically in the treatment of rosacea.
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metronidazole
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