Chlamydia assay employing base treatment
US4916057A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 29, 1988 |
| Grant date | Apr 10, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 29, 2008 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S436/825
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An immunoassay procedure for the detection of chlamydia trachomatis antigen in a urogenital clinical specimen including a method for substantially eliminating the occurrence of false negative and false positive results of the immunoassay procedure. The method comprises treating a patent specimen with an aqueous solution having a final concentration of 0.1M NaOH or 0.1M KOH and then neutralizing the specimen-containing solution before conducting the immunoassay.
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