QualiCode™ HIV-1/2
Company
OraSure Technologies, 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 linked the HIV virus to AIDS
HHS Institute/Agency
NCI
Inventor(s)
R. Gallo, L. Montagnier, and R. Crowl
Year
2001
Tech Cat
Diagnostic
