The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first rapid point-of-care test that detects both HIV-1/2 antibodies and the HIV-1 antigen in human serum, plasma, and venous or fingerstick whole blood specimens. The Alere ...
Tags: Rapid Diagnostic Test, HIV-1, HIV-2
The US FDA has approved Chembio Diagnostics' Dual Path Platform (DPP) point-of-care HIV 1/2 rapid test. The DPP HIV 1/2 assay is developed to detect HIV-1/2 antibodies in either oral fluid or blood samples, which will bind directly with ...
Tags: FDA, HIV, oral fluid, detection reagents
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the use of Associates of Cape Cod's rapid diagnostic test in detecting invasive fungal infections (IFI). Using patient's blood serum, the Fungitell assay detects (1,3)-b-D-glucan ...
Tags: detecting invasive fungal infections, fungal pathogens, IFI
Scientists at the University of Georgia,US,have developed a rapid diagnostic test to accurately identify,detect bacteria and chemical contaminants. In a series of studies,the scientists were able to identify compounds such as lactic acid ...
Tags: rapid diagnostic test, chemical contaminants, bacteria