How would agglutination reactions be used to locate the source of an epidemic?

Agglutination reactions are used to locate the source of an epidemic because it is highly sensitive and may be used to detect the existence of antibody or antigen in a patient’s serum. Agglutination reactions are commonly used in the medical clinic. It can be used to identify the blood cells type for transfusion and to know the cultures of bacteria. It has been widely used to know if a patient had a bacterial infection.