Inventors:
Richard L. Guerrant - Charlottesville VA
Amelia G. Lee - Silver Spring MD
William H. Cooper - Charlottesville VA
Assignee:
University of Virginia Alumni Patents Foundation - Charlottesville VA
International Classification:
G01N 33559, G01N 33551, G01N 33546
Abstract:
An in vitro test for determining the presence of leukocytes in a fecal sample which is sensitive to the numbers of fecal leukocytes typically found in inflammatory diarrheal specimens, by testing the fecal sample with an assay utilizing an antibody for lactoferrin.