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Apparatus for testing for infection by a retrovirus

Patent ·
OSTI ID:872396
 [1];  [2]
  1. Los Angeles, CA
  2. Los Alamos, NM
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An apparatus for testing specimens for infection by a retrovirus is described. The apparatus comprises a process controller including a communications module for translating user commands into test instrument suite commands and a means for communicating specimen test results to a user. The apparatus further comprises a test instrument suite including a means for treating the specimen to manifest an observable result and a detector for measuring the observable result.
Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
Assignee:
Regents of University of California (Oakland, CA)
Patent Number(s):
US 5925514
OSTI ID:
872396
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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A comparison of four enzyme immunoassays for the simultaneous detection of HIV-1- and HIV-2-specific antibody journal September 1991

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