Patent ID: 6596502
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: G01N,Y10S

Abstract:
A home and/or doctor's office test kit for detection of the presence of two or more fecal protozoan parasites in a stool sample, the kit comprising:(a) a vessel for mixing a stool specimen with a diluting liquid to produce a diluted stool specimen; (b) a housing holding within a substrate, the substrate comprising at least two separate zones containing antibodies against the parasites to be detected, the housing further comprising reagents for producing a visually detectable reaction when an antibody-parasite antigen complex is formed, the housing further comprising at least one conveying means for receiving diluted stool specimen and transferring it to the antibody containing zones of the substrate; (c) the housing further comprises at least one means for viewing the result of the antigen-antibody reaction; wherein the parasites are selected from the group consisting of Amoeba histolytica, Amoeba hartmanni, Amoeba coli, Amoeba nana, Giardia lamblia, Cryptosporidium sp., Blastocystis hominis, Chilomastix mesnili, Lodamoeba butschlii, and Dientamoeba fragillis.