antigen unit

an·ti·gen u·nit

the smallest amount of antigen that, in the presence of specific antiserum, will fix 1 complement unit.

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(an'ti-jen yū'nit)

The smallest amount of antigen that, in the presence of specific antiserum, will fix one complement unit.

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The smallest quantity of antigen required to fix one unit of complement.

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The antigen unit 100 was used as a cut-off value for identification of antigenemia as per the manufacturer's instruction.

Serum samples with an antigen unit of 128 (>titre of standard No.

Interpretation of results were as if NS1 antigen units is <9 negative, if 911 equivocal and >11 positive.