Rapid screening for humoral immune deficiency.
A preliminary report on a fast, easy and inexpensive screen-test for the detection of humoral immune deficiency is presented. The method is based on the presence of heterophilic antibodies in normal human serum. Multitested normal individuals and immunodeficient patients showed a clearcut dichotomy in this screening procedure.
D000361:Agammaglobulinemia / Q000276:immunology*; D000818:Animals; D000917:Antibody Formation; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D012397:Rosette Formation; D012756:Sheep