Course

1. Blood smear preparation
2. Blood Cell Counting using Hemocytometer
3. Blood Grouping.
4. Latex Agglutination Reaction
5. Ouchterlony Double Diffusion
6. Dot ELISA

To expose the students to common laboratory assays, like blood grouping, agglutination reactions and antigen-antibody interactions.

COURSE OUTCOMES:

After completing the course, students shall be able to

CO1: Identify the morphology of cells of the immune system.
CO2: Understand the basic concepts of blood grouping.
CO3: Demonstrate antigen-antibody interactions and detect the presence of antigens and/or antibodies in a biological sample.
CO4: Perform antigen antibody interactions and interpret the data for the presence of antigen and or antibodies in biological samples.

1. Delves P, Martin S, Burton D, Roitt IM. (2006). Roitt’s Essential Immunology. 11^th Wiley-Blackwell Scientific Publication, Oxford.
2. Practical Immunology, 4^th Edition (2008). Frank C. Hay, Olwyn M. R. Westwood ISBN: 978-1-4051-4673-9 408 pages, Wiley-Blackwell.