Fluorescent Antibody Test- An Effective Diagnostic Technique
Immunofluorescence microscopy (fluorescent antibody) was reported by Coons, Creech and Jones in 1941. In 1942, Coons and Kaplan reported that fluorescence dyes can be conjugated with antibodies. These labelled antibodies further used as probes to detect and locate antigen specific to this antibody. Coons and Kalpan in 1950 used Fluorescence microscopy for the first time. […]