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Preferred term

Fluorescent Treponemal Antibody-Absorption Test  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Serologic assay that detects antibodies to Treponema pallidum, the etiologic agent of syphilis. After diluting the patient's serum to remove non-specific antibodies, the serum is mixed on a glass slide with Nichol's strain of Treponema pallidum. An antigen-antibody reaction occurs if the test is positive and the bound antibodies are detected with fluoresceinated antihuman gamma-globulin antibody.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • FTA-ABS Test

In other languages

  • French

  • Test de détection d'anticorps anti-tréponème par immunofluorescence indirecte
  • Test FTA-Abs

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-L1G1PWT7-S

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