Patent ID: 6958242
Filing Date: 2005-10-25
Classification: G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An on-site triage procedure for testing a substance suspected of containing a biowarfare agent, the procedure comprising: providing personnel to the site of the substance suspected of containing a biowarfare agent; providing a kit comprising at least one protein detection reagent; collecting a sample of the substance; and testing the sample at or near the site for the presence of protein using the at least one protein identification reagent in the kit; wherein detecting protein in the sample indicates that the substance may contain a biowarfare agent, and wherein a substance that may contain a biowarfare agent is subjected to additional testing for at least one specific pathogen or toxin selected from the group consisting of anthrax, ricin, botulinum toxin, Staphococcal Enterotoxin B (SEB), plague, and mixtures of two or more thereof, and if no protein is detected, no further testing for said biowarfare need be done on the sample.