Enzyme immunoassay for determining antigen specific antibodies and test kit for carrying out this assay

摘要

A highly sensitive enzyme immunoassay procedure is disclosed for determining IgM-, IgA-, IgG- and IgE- antibodies which are specific to antigens by coating a solid support with an antibody which selectively binds the antibody to be determined in a serum specimen and reacting the selectively bound antibody with an enzyme labeled microbe or antigen and then determining the enzyme activity of the reaction product as a measure of the antibody to be detected. As the antigen can be effectively labeled a relatively impure antigen can be labeled and used in high dilutions resulting in a very sensitive assay; purification by column chromatography is unnecessary. A kit for conducting the assay is also disclosed.