HIV Screening

HIV expert encourages Chinese health authorities to use HIV-1 urine test

Published in AIDS Weekly, October 21st, 2002

Calypte Biomedical Corporation (CALY), the developer and marketer of the only two FDA-approved HIV-1 antibody tests that can be used on urine samples, announced that HIV pioneer Luc Montagnier, codiscoverer of HIV-1 and discoverer of HIV-2, has suggested that Chinese health authorities take full advantage of Calypte's FDA-approved urine screening test for HIV-1 antibodies.

He made these recommendations during a Calypte-sponsored, four-day speaking tour of People's Republic of China in which he spoke with a number of government agencies, including the Chinese Center for Disease Control, the National Center for AIDS Prevention and Research, and the State Drug...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2002-10-21)

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