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Q: Why is it important for doctors to know the concentration of disease antigen present in a patients system?
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What is a substance that causes an immune response called?

Antigen


What is the relationship between antigen and antibody?

Basically to explain this, an antigen is any type of pathogen that causes disease, while an antibody is something that combats against the antigen.


Does an antibody attached to an antigen make it harmless?

When an antibody attaches onto an antigen it destroys the antigen to help your body fight off a disease.


What are those disease which is not immunized by triple antigen?

tetanus


What is the name for a substance which makes a person immune to a certain disease?

an antigen


What happens if your HIV sample contains the disease antigen?

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What is NS1 antigen positive?

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What percentage of Chron's disease patients die from the disease?

5%


How are participants assembled for clinical trial?

Patients volunteer because they have a specific disease.


Increased levels of what indicate prostatic disease or cancer?

An increased level of PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen) may indicate the presence of disease.


What is immunodiagnosis?

immunodiagnosis is nothing but identifying the nature or cause of disease by antigen-antibody reaction in blood


What are auto antigens?

An autoantigen is usually a normal protein or complex of proteins (and sometimes DNA or RNA) that is recognized by the immune system of patients suffering from a specific autoimmune disease. These antigens should, under normal conditions, not be the target of the immune system, but, due to mainly genetic and environmental factors, the normal immunological tolerance for such an antigen has been lost in these patients.