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Though not suitable for application in blood collection and processing facilities, CBER licensed the first clinical diagnostic test for direct detection of the HIV virus in 1989. Previous tests operated on the basis of indirect detection, based on an antibody response. The new test, HIVAG-1, detected HIV antigens in the patient’s serum or plasma, and it was expected to help physicians track the progress of their AIDS patients.
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT (M.M.W.R.)
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More Information:
- Progress Against AIDS Timeline
- NIAID History of AIDS Research Timeline
- FDA History page on AIDS
- Office of NIH History & Stetten Museum’s In Their Own Words exhibition.