| 摘要 |
The existence of any one of N<2 >bioagents in a sample, N being an integer greater than 1, may be quickly determined in two major steps: (1) performing N separate ELISA processes (e.g. Test 1, Test 2, and Test 3, where N=3) on portions of the sample concurrently to identify (INDIC. A) a group of N bioagents that contain the bioagent, each of the N separate ELISA processes is capable of identifying the presence of a bioagent that falls within a unique group of N bioagents and in which the bioagents detectable by any one of those processes is different from the bioagents that are detectable by any other of the N processes. Then, when a test shows positive, performing N additional ELISA processes (e.g. Test 4, Test 5 & Test 6, where N=3) on portions of the sample concurrently to identify (INDIC. B) the particular bioagent. Each of the latter N processes is capable of only identifying a respective one of the individual bioagents that form the group of N bioagents identified in the previous step.
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