Bio-Protocol (Jun 2012)

Isolation of Circulating Immune Complexes from TB Patient Serum for Serodiagnosis

  • Uma Ranganathan,
  • Ramalingam Bethunaickan,
  • Alamelu Raja

DOI
https://doi.org/10.21769/BioProtoc.188
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 11

Abstract

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Estimation of circulating immune complex in tuberculosis patients has shown better insight to the infection. Isolating circulating immune complex helps quantifying both antigen and antibody in the serum. It’s a simple procedure to improve the sensitivity and specificity in serodiagnosis of tuberculosis. This protocol may be modified to detect antigen/antibody in other infectious diseases.