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This disease results in an acquired or secondary immunodeficiency
What is HIV?
Advantages of automated testing in a clinical immunology laboratory include this
What is reduced turn around times?
Treponema pallidum and Borrelia Burgdorferi can be distinguished from each other on the basis of this
What is only B. Burgdorferi can be grown in the lab?
This is the function of gp 120
What is it bind to CD4 on T cells?
The findings of Landsteiner's study of haptens includes this
What is that spatial configuration is recognized by antibodies?
The "CREST" variant of this disease is associated with the presence of an anticentromere antibody
What is Progressive Systemic Schlerosis?
A disadvantage of automated testing in a clinical immunology laboratory
What is the increased dependency on a single machine?
This stage of syphilis is when the RPR is the most sensitive
What is the secondary stage?
This is the function of gp 41
What is transmembrane protein associated with gp120?
C-reactive protein, complement components and antibodies are known as these
What are opsonins?
Decreased CD3-positive lymphocytes and a lack of responsiveness to phytohemagglutinin in the circulation are typically associated with this disease
What is DiGeorge Anomaly?
In flow cytometry, it is possible to detect the expression of 10 different cell membrane proteins simultaneously by doing this
What is staining the cells with fluorescent probes?
Components of the immune system that are activated early in the course of a patient's fungal infection
What are macrophages and dendritic cells?
An autosomal-recessive form of severe combined immunodeficiency can be caused by this
What is a deficiency in JAK3?
Bence-Jones proteins are identical to these types of chains
What are light chains?
Tests that are considered confirmatory tests for HIV include these
What are the Western Blot, the ELISA test, nucleic acid testing for HIV RNA, and serological testing for P24 antigen?
A single cell parameter acquired by flow cytometry is presented graphically as this
What is a histogram?
A patient with Candidiasis is considered to have this type of mycotic infection
What is an opportunistic infection?
Patients with recombinase activating gene 1 (RAG-1) or RAG-2 deficiencies have decreased numbers of this cell
What are lymphocytes?
Interleukin-2 is synthesized by these cells
What are T cells?
Antigen routinely detected in the blood of a person who has recently been infected with HIV
What is P24?
Flow cytometry is commonly used to determine this
What is the stage of leukocyte differentiation?
This is the grade you will be receiving on this test
What is an A+++?
The most common complement component deficiency is this
What is C2?
Cytokine that is involved in natural immunity is this
What is Interleuken-6?