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epitope see immunity .

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	MEDICAL DEVICES: 6902W Newspaper article from: Warning Letter Bulletin; 9/28/1998; 18 words ; Epitope, Beaverton, OR, June 22 (Center for Biologics, Office of Regional Operations). See Blood & Biologics, page 5. Read more
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	New HIV test licensed. (from Epitope Corp., HIV antibodies) Magazine article from: FDA Consumer; 3/1/1995; 262 words ; ...relevant information. The oral fluid sample collection kit, Orasure HIV-1 Oral Specimen Collection Device, is manufactured by Epitope Corp. of Beaverton, Ore. The fluid analysis test, Oral Fluid Vironostika RIV-1 Microelisa System, is manufactured by Organon... Read more
	Serologic evidence of West Nile virus infection in horses, Yucatan State, Mexico. (Dispatches). Magazine article from: Emerging Infectious Diseases; 7/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...Antibodies to West Nile virus were detected by epitope-blocking enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays...hemagglutination inhibition (HI) assays and epitope-blocking enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays...erythrocytes, according to standard methods (9). Epitope-blocking ELISAs were performed by using... Read more
	BLOOD & BIOLOGICS: 6902W Newspaper article from: Warning Letter Bulletin; 9/28/1998; 286 words ; Epitope, Beaverton, OR, June 22 (Office of Regional Operations). In a six-page warning letter, FDA cited failure to perform stability-relat...trending quality data and reconciling complaints received by Organon Teknika, the distrib-utor, with those forwarded to Epitope; non-adherence to a standard operating ... Read more
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	Immunological Analysis Techniques Book article from: World of Microbiology and Immunology ...immune system. Although the antigenic determinant of a test substance is usually a minor part of that substance called the epitope, a small antigen referred to as a hapten can rarely elicit an immune response on its own. It is not an immunogen and would... Read more