The Nation - News from April 9, 1985
A third commercial screening test to find indirect evidence of the virus believed to cause AIDS was approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The test, developed by Litton Bionetics, a division of Litton Industries Inc. of Beverly Hills, is similar to two others previously approved, and is designed to screen blood and other substances for antibodies to the suspected virus. Tests are being used to to screen donated blood because the causative agent of AIDS, or acquired immune deficiency syndrome, appears to spread through intimate contact with bodily fluids, including blood.
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