QualiCode™ HIV - 1/2 Western Blot Kit
Company
Immunetics, Inc.
Use
Screens for the presence of antibodies to HIV-1 and HIV-2.
Features
Often used as a confirmatory test as other HIV tests are more likely to give false negatives.
NIH Contribution
Detected antibodies to HIV in serum of patients with AIDS and pre-AIDS conditions, and consequently, linked the HIV virus to AIDS
HHS Institute/Agency
NCI
Inventor(s)
R. Gallo, L. Montagnier, and R. Crowl
Year
1998
Tech Cat
Diagnostic
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