Direct Fluorescent Antibody

Also written as DFA.

DFA (Direct Fluorescent Antibody) — from vesicle scraping; rapid and specific

What our notes say

• DFA (Direct Fluorescent Antibody) — from vesicle scraping; rapid and specific (EXAM: Basic Virology, Viral Replication, Prions & Slow Viruses, Poxviruses & VZV)
• Direct fluorescent antibody (DFA) test — gold standard; detects rabies antigen in brain tissue (post-mortem) or skin biopsy (corneal epithelium) (EXAM: Vaccines & Antivirals, Rabies, CMV & EBV, Adenovirus & Enteroviruses)
• Direct fluorescent antibody (DFA) — rapid, from lesion swab (EXAM NOTES: VIROLOGY YR3)

Study material on Direct Fluorescent Antibody

• EXAM: Basic Virology, Viral Replication, Prions & Slow Viruses, Poxviruses & VZV

Related topics

• Microglial Cells
• Vibrio Cholerae
• Blood Typing
• Viral Encephalitis
• Encephalitis
• Vaccines
• Cholera
• Clostridium
• Adenovirus
• Escherichia Coli