HIV2 (FITC )*B1G1

IgG

Human

HIV2

Conjugated with high purity Isomer I of fluorescein isothiocyanate; care is taken to ensure complete removal of any free fluorescein from the final product

From polyclonal serum Storage

ELISA: Use at an assay dependent dilution. IF: Use at an assay dependent dilution. Direct FA staining of target antigens in a permissive tissue culture system. Working dilution must be determined by the user for each specific application but a starting range of 1:10-1:50 is suggested. Acetone fixation of the antigen source is recommended prior to staining. Not tested in other applications. Optimal dilutions/concentrations should be determined by the end user. HIV is a highly variable virus which mutates very readily. This means there are many different strains of HIV even within the body of a single infected person. The strains of HIV1 can be classified into three groups : the \" major\" group M the \" outlier\" group O and the \" new\" group N. These three groups may represent three separate introductions of simian immunodeficiency virus into humans. Group O appears to be restricted to west-central Africa and group N discovered in 1998 in Cameroon is extremely rare. More than 90% of HIV1 infections belong to HIV1 group M and unless specified the rest of this page will relate to HIV1 group M only.