A widely used nontreponemal serologic assay is the ________ test.
A)rapid plasma reagin (RPR)
B)Treponema pallidum passive particle agglutination (TP-PA)
C)fluorescent treponemal antibody absorption test (FTA-ABS)
D)microhemagglutination test for antibody to T.pallidum (MHA-TP)

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The two most widely used nontreponemal serologic assays are the RPR test and the Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (VDRL)test.Each of these tests is a flocculation (or agglutination)test,in which soluble antigen particles are coalesced to form larger particles that are visible as clumps when they are aggregated by antibody.

A Widely Used Nontreponemal Serologic Assay Is the ________ Test