Patent ID: 7972872

Claim:
A chromatography detection apparatus comprising a sheet-like solid-phase support that comprises: (i) a specimen-supply site on the support, at which is supplied a specimen deduced to contain at least an analyte (ii) a capture reagent site comprising a capture reagent immobilized on the capture reagent site and capable of specifically binding to and capturing a complex of the analyte and a labeled reagent; and (iii) a functional site provided between the specimen-supply site and the capture reagent site, wherein the functional site comprises a reagent for aggregating polysaccharides in a nasal or throat swab and a filter for removing said aggregated polysaccharides, wherein (i) said reagent for aggregating polysaccharides is DEAE-Dextran and (ii) the DEAE-Dextran is impregnated in the filter.