Chlamydia Test Cassette CHL-S02D

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INSTRUCTION

Chlamydia is the most common sexually transmitted disease (STD) in the United States, with about three million new cases diagnosed in the country each year. The disease is caused by a bacterium called Chlamydia trachomatis. The following areas in the body can be affected: cervix; fallopian tubes, which carry ova (eggs) from the ovaries to the uterus; urethra, which carries urine from the bladder to outside the body; epididymis, a small organ attached to the testicles that is responsible for sperm production; prostate gland, a gland at the base of the penis which provides nutrients for sperm, anus, throat and eyes.

PRINCIPLE

The One-Step Chlamydia Test is a rapid qualitative immunoassay based on the immunochromato graphic principle. (In the assay procedure, a clinical specimen is obtained and placed into an extraction tube containing Extraction Solution A. After two minutes. Extraction Solution B is added to the tube. 3 drops (approximately 150µ l) of extracted sample is added to the sample well). The membrane is pre-coated with anti-genus specific lipopolysaccharide (LPS) monoclonal antibody on the test band (T) region and goat anti-mouse antibody on the control band(C) region. During testing, the sample is allowed to react with the colloidal gold pariticles which have been coated with monoclonal anti-chlamydia antibody, and then migrates laterally across the membrane by capillary action. If the sample contains Chlamydia antigen, a colored band with a specific antibody¬Chlamydia antibody-colloidal gold particle complex will form on the membrane in the test band (T) region. If Chlamydia antigen is not present, a pink line will only form on control band (C) region. To serve as a procedural control, a colored band at the control band (C) region will always appear regardless of the presence of Chlamydia antigen.