Arbor Vita Corporation Rapid H5N1 Flu Diagnostic Presented at ICEID Meeting

SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - March 27, 2008) - Preliminary research from the Department of Respiratory Disease Research at the Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) suggests that a rapid antigen assay test developed by Arbor Vita Corporation (AVC) shows promise as a useful diagnostic for the detection of the avian influenza virus in humans. Researchers from NHRC reported their findings last week at the 2008 International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases (ICEID) in Atlanta, Georgia.