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Serology is the study of the in vitro reaction of antibodies in blood serum with antigens, i.e., usually those of microorganisms inducing infectious disease. Precipitation, agglutination, and complement fixation are serological methods used in diagnosis and research.
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Cruse, J.M., Lewis, R.E. (1999). Antigen-Antibody Interaction. In: Atlas of Immunology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-11196-3_8
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