See Also: passive haemagglutination(medicine)
reverse passive haemagglutination(medicine)
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haemagglutination(medicine)
haemagglutination, viral(medicine)
viral haemagglutination(medicine)
Haemagglutination test(medicine)
haemagglutination tests(medicine)
haemagglutination inhibition(medicine)
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passive haemagglutination (medicine)


passive haemagglutination


A kind of passive agglutination in which erythrocytes, usually modified by mild treatment with tannic acid or other chemicals, are used to adsorb soluble antigen onto their surface, and which then agglutinate in the presence of antiserum specific for the adsorbed antigen.

Synonym: indirect haemagglutination test.