The Monospot test for EBV relies on the agglutination of horse erythrocytes by heterophile antibodies in the patient's serum.
La prueba Monospot para VBE se basa en la aglutinación de eritrocitos de caballo por anticuerpos heterófilos en el suero del paciente.
| Front | What is the mechanism behind a Monospot test for EBV? |
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| Back | Agglutinated horse erythrocytes mixed with patient serum shows (+) Monospot test ↓ If the patient’s serum contains heterophile antibodies (antibodies which react to antigens from different species such as Epstein Barr, horse erythrocytes will clump or agglutinate |
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