SBIR/STTR Research Award
DEVELOPMENT OF A DIAGNOSTIC KIT FOR NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS
Award amount
$49,863Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1989Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Environmental Diagnostics
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
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- Solicitation number
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- Topic code
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Research abstract
THIS PROJECT WILL DEVELOP IMMUNOASSAYS FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS, AN INFECTION CAUSED BY THE LARVAE OF TAENIA SOLIUM. BOTH A DEFINITIVE TEST FOR THE DETECTION OF ANTIGENS IN THE CEREBROSPINAL FLUID OF PATIENTS SUSPECTEDTO HAVE THE INFECTION AND SCREENING TESTS FOR THE DETECTION OF ANTIBODIES IN SERUM WILL BE DEVELOPED. THE DIAGNOSTIC TESTS WILL UTILIZE ENZYME IMMUNOASSAYS ON THE EZ-SCREEN QUIKCARDS OF ENVIRONMENTAL DIAGNOSTICS, INC. THE EZ-SCREEN QUIKCARD REPRESENTS PATENTED OR PATENT-PENDING TECHNOLOGY ALLOWING RAPID, SIMPLE, AND INEXPENSIVE MEANS FOR PERFORMINGDIAGNOSTIC ASSAYS.
Technology keywords
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