Medical Definition of Haemagglutination inhibition

1. A variation of the haemagglutination technique. Some viral antigens, when coated on erythrocytes, spontaneously cause agglutination in the absence of antibody. In these situations, the specific antigen-antibody reaction actually prevents the agglutination of reagent RBCs. Haemagglutination inhibition cannot differentiate between isotypes of specific antibodies (IgG, IgA or IgM) although positive haemagglutination inhibition analysis of specimens treated with Staphylococcus aureus Protein A (discussed above under coagglutination) to remove the IgG isotype antibodies has been used to imply the presence of specific IgM antibodies to the specific viral antigen. The crude quantitation of the specific antibodies is possible using serial dilution (titre). (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Haemagglutination Inhibition

haemadromograph
haemadromometer
haemadromometry
haemadsorption
haemadsorption test
haemadsorption virus
haemadsorption virus test
haemadsorption virus type 1
haemadsorption virus type 2
haemadynameter
haemafacient
haemagglutinate
haemagglutinating
haemagglutinating cold autoantibody
haemagglutination
haemagglutination inhibition (current term)
haemagglutination inhibition test
haemagglutination inhibition tests
haemagglutination test
haemagglutination tests
haemagglutinations
haemagglutinin
haemagglutinin-neuraminidase protein
haemagglutinin-protease
haemagglutinins
haemagogic
haemagogue
haemal
haemal arch
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