Immunology and Serology - Carter Center

LECTURE NOTES

For Medical Laboratory Technology Students

Immunology and Serology

Selamawit Debebe Alemaya University

In collaboration with the Ethiopia Public Health Training Initiative, The Carter Center, the Ethiopia Ministry of Health, and the Ethiopia Ministry of Education

2004

Funded under USAID Cooperative Agreement No. 663-A-00-00-0358-00.

Produced in collaboration with the Ethiopia Public Health Training Initiative, The Carter Center, the Ethiopia Ministry of Health, and the Ethiopia Ministry of Education.

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Preface

Immunology and serology is an advanced science dealing with how the human immune system organized, function and the different types of serological techniques. It is a very vast subject covering a wide area of technology.

The shortage of reference materials in the area and in order to present the subject in a relatively simplified and organized way called the need for preparing a lecture note.

This teaching material is prepared based on the existing curriculum of immunology and serology and consists of 16 chapters. Each chapter has its own objective, body and questions (exercises) at the end. Therefore, the material is designed to present clear and concise understanding about immunology and serology; and it is primarily suitable for students following diploma programme in medical laboratory technology.

Finally, it is quite obvious that it had demanded a lot of effort in preparing this material. However, it should be noted that even then, there could be constructive comments which are helpful in improving this lecture note.Thus, it will be well accepted and acknowledged for the contribution.

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Acknowledgments

I would like to acknowledge The Carter Center initiative for supporting the preparation of this lecture note. My deepest appreciation also goes to Alemaya University Faculty of Health Sciences staff who have an input in one or another way. I am also very grateful to medical laboratory technology staff of JU, DCTEH, GCMS, for their valuable comments and ideas in revising the first draft. Finally, I wish to extend my thanks to W/t Aschalech Temesgen for writing me the draft of this lecture note.

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Abbreviations

CRP EBV EIA HCG PMN -

C-reactive Protein Epstien-Barr Virus Enzyme Immune Assay Human Chorionic Gonadotrophin Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes

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