Micro 6: Serologic Diagnosis
This episode introduces serologic diagnosis as a fundamentally different way of knowing infection - not by finding the microbe itself, but by interpreting the host’s immune response to it. Drawing from Murray’s chapter, the focus is on antibodies as biological records: signals of exposure, timing, and immune engagement.
The episode explores how antigen–antibody interactions are harnessed in diagnostic tests, from agglutination and precipitation to enzyme-linked and rapid immunoassays. Rather than listing techniques, the narrative centres on what serology can and cannot tell us: distinction…
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