Standard used in diagnostic and/or quantification tests
AssigneesUniversite Libre de Bruxelles, S.C.R.L. Department Central de Fractionnement de la Croix-Rouge
InventorsRuth Laub, Jean Duchateau, Mario Giambattista
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a device for diagnosing and/or quantifying antibodies present in a biological fluid from a patient and which are specific for a reaction associated with an infection with a microorganism, specific for an autoimmune reaction or specific for an allergy. This device includes as a standard a biological sample selected from a pool of blood plasmas from more than 200 healthy patients.
Claims8
A standard material for use in detecting antibodies specific for a reaction associated with an infection with a microorganism selected from the group consisting of the strain Streptococcus pneumoniae, strain Neisseria and strain Hemophilus or specific for an auto immune reaction or specific for an allergy, the standard material comprising a predefined titer of the antibodies selected from a pool of blood plasmas obtained from more than 200 healthy individuals.
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