This invention relates to a specimen-extracting solution containing a component capable of strongly suppressing false negatives, which could not be suppressed by conventional techniques, a method for extracting specimens, and a test reagent using such specimen-extracting solution and such method, when detecting virus, bacteria, target protein, or other antigens from specimens derived from body fluids, such as nasal swab specimens, nasal aspirate specimens, nasal wash specimens, nasal secretion specimens collected by nose blowing, pharyngeal swab specimens, saliva specimens, fecal specimens, serum specimens, plasma specimens, and urine specimens, with the use of a detection reagent utilizing the antigen-antibody reactions or the reactions between substances interactive with each other. The specimen-extracting solution as a constitutional unit of the test reagent or a member brought into contact with the specimens in a step performed before the detection reaction or a step performed simultaneously with the detection reaction is supplemented with a water-soluble compound comprising a phenyl, benzyl, tolyl, or xylyl group and, bound thereto, at least a carboxyl group, a functional group comprising methylated/ethylated atoms thereof, or a hydroxyl group.

The present invention relates to biomarker sensors with a multielectrode array structure, kits containing them, methods for their production as well as corresponding uses and applications.

Disclosed herein is a recombinant antibody exhibiting binding affinity and/or neutralizing activity to porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV). According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the PEDV is genotype 1 (G1) or genotype 2b (G2b) PEDV. Also disclosed herein are methods of diagnosing and treating PEDV infection by use of the present recombinant antibody.

The present invention is directed towards methods, compositions and kits for testing SARS-CO-V2 virus in a sample. The methods determine the presence of a viral 3CL protease by contacting the sample with a peptide compound capable of being cleaved by the protease to form peptide compound fragments. Detection of a peptide compound fragment confirms the presence of the virus.

The present invention is intended to provide an immunoassay method that enables an immunoassay with high sensitivity at a high development rate without causing aggregation of insoluble carriers or non-specific reaction while improving test efficiency and reducing labor. The present invention relates to an immunoassay method that uses a test device, and the method includes: extracting an antigen of a detection target in an analyte with an extraction agent; and detecting the detection target with a detection reagent capable of binding the antigen. The extraction agent is a nitrous acid generated on the test device by a contact reaction between a nitrite salt and a heterocyclic compound having at least one skeleton selected from the group consisting of a cyclic ester, a cyclic amide, and a cyclic imide.

The invention relates to certain methods for the determination of an antigen content of a first antigen in a mixture comprising two or more antigens. The invention also relates to a potency test for an antigen in a combination vaccine. The method allows the determination of the antigen content in a mixture additionally comprising antibodies that are capable of binding with the antigen.

A method for evaluating a biological material for unassociated virus-like particles virus size having a particular epitope uses a fluorescent antibody stain specific for binding with the epitope and a fluid sample with the virus-size particles and fluorescent antibody stain is subjected to flow cytometry with identification of fluorescent emission detection events indicative of passage through a flow cell of a flow cytometer of unassociated labeled particles of virus size including such a virus-like particle and fluorescent antibody stain.

Monoclonal antibodies that specifically bind the nucleocapsid protein of Heartland virus (HRTV) are described. The monoclonal antibodies can be used, for example, in immunoassays to detect HRTV-specific antibodies in a biological sample or to detect HRTV in a cell or tissue sample. The monoclonal antibodies can also be used to diagnose or treat an HRTV infection.

Provided are novel human-derived antibodies specifically recognizing polyomavirus polypeptides, preferably capable of binding to polyomaviruses of the type of JC virus (JCV) and/or BK virus (BKV) as well as methods related thereto. Furthermore, assays and kits related to antibodies specific for polyomaviruses, polyomavirus VP1 and or polyomavirus VP1 Virus-Like Particles (VLPs), preferably of the type of JCV and/or BKV, are disclosed. The human-derived antibodies as well as binding fragments, derivatives and variants thereof can be used in pharmaceutical and diagnostic compositions for polyomavirus targeted immunotherapy and diagnostics.

Disclosed are methods and kits for early detection of antigen exposure through the presence or absence of antigen-specific antibodies.