Nontreponemal antibodies are those that are:
a. produced against antigens of the organ-isms themselves.
b. produced by infected patients against components of mammalian cells.
c. produced by the organism that causes the systemic destruction of the disease.
d. also called heterophile antibodies.
B
Classic serologic tests for treponematosis measure the presence of two types of antibodies: tre-ponemal and nontreponemal. Nontreponemal antibodies, often called heterophile antibodies, are produced by infected patients against components of mammalian cells, whereas treponemal an-tibodies are produced against antigens of the organisms themselves.
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