TIPS ON CONDUCTING THE TEST

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Subject: TIPS ON CONDUCTING THE TEST                                     

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Folder Title: ANTHRAX PA ASSAY SMART TEST                                                                     

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          WO-r@iX PAPEi--i                           [77T


        bacteremia. Such patients are likely to have had a history of
        possible biowarfare attack several days rather than hours,
        before. The Smart Test was designed as a rapid screening assay,
        and results should be confirmed by enzyme immunoassay (available
        at reference laboratories), gram stains of blood smears, and
        blood cultures.

        6.  @ RECOMMENDATIONS: ongoing evaluation of the anthrax PA
        Smart Test, currently distributed in the AOR for the detection
        of anthrax in blood samples of febrile patients, indicates an







        should be the only labs authorized to receive more of these
        tests. These test kits remain a useful adjunct for detecting
        anthrax PA when used in conjunction with more definitive assays
        such as those available at the designated AOR Laboratories
        above.





                                             James W. LeDuc
                                             C, Dept of Epidemiology
                                             Disease Assessment Div

























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