| 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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