Patent ID: 7713746

Claim:
A kit for testing for the presence of a plurality of different targets in a sample solution which comprises: a dipstick having a plurality of different capture zones and, immobilized to each capture zone, a different capture moiety, each capture moiety capable of capturing a different target; and a plurality of different detection probes, each detection probe capable of binding to a different target and each detection probe being labeled with or enabling the formation of a detection signal so that the presence of each target is indicated by the formation of a signal at the capture zone for that target; wherein at least two of the capture moieties bind a component of an infectious agent or a disease causing micro-organism or a marker indicating the existence of a disease, disorder or condition of the host from which the sample solution was derived, and wherein the at least two capture moieties comprise a first capture moiety that binds a first component or marker of an infectious agent or disease causing micro-organism, and a second capture moiety that binds a second, different, component or marker of the same species of infectious agent or disease causing micro-organism, and wherein the first and second capture moieties have different binding specificities.