METHOD FOR INCREASING DIAGNOSTIC EFFECTIVENESS OF IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHIC SYSTEMS OF PATHOGEN DETECTION Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC G01N33/53 G01N33/543 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: method is based on contacting a membrane test strip with an analysed fluid sample and initiating thereby a motion along the test strip membranes of reagents being parts of the sample or coating the membrane, and forming the immune complexes to be detected in the course of reactions in the membrane pores or on the surface thereof. A distinguishing feature of the presented method for antigen detection is that the test strip is coated additionally within the test sample contact area with a certain amount of specific antibodies, which react to the detected antigen expected to be found in the sample, when a fluid front moves and block a certain number of binding sites. The number of the coating free antibodies is specified so that the low content thereof in the analysed sample being of no diagnostic importance ensures blocking the binding sites completely that prevents the antigen from binding in the analysed area of the test strip and from developing a destructive staining in the analysed area.

EFFECT: presented approach enables reliable diagnosing based on the detection results of the antigens of gastrointestinal disorders, avoiding the achievement of positive test results for the low-antigen samples, which testifies to no development of the disease in an individual.

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