Advantages

Advantages

1. It is used to detect antigen (pathogen) and antibody

2. It is used to evaluate the binding of antigens by derivatized antibodies

3. It is used for isotyping of immunoglobulins

4. It provides an extremely efficient means of screening hybridoma cultures (i.e. those secreting antibodies of desired specificity)

5. It provides a quick, qualitative color reaction and it can also be used as a quantitative assay if a plate reader (ELISA reader) is available for reading absorbances.

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