A DIAGNOSTIC TEST FOR BACTERIAL VAGINOSIS

摘要

There is provided a method for the detection of a disease comprising the following steps: (i) obtaining a biological sample from a human subject; (ii) applying the biological sample to a sialidase substrate which has been immobilised on a solid support medium; and (iii) detecting a change in the immobilised sialidase substrate. The substrate is preferably 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indoyl .alpha.-D-N-acetyl neuraminic acid or a salt thereof.