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Immunofluorescent assay (IFA)
A blood test sometimes used to confirm ELISA results instead of using the Western blotting. In an IFA test, HIV antigen is mixed with a fluorescent compound and then with a sample of the patient's blood. If HIV antibody is present, the mixture will fluoresce when examined under ultraviolet light.
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IFA
immunofluorescent antibody.


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Other members elected to the Committee include Michael Orman, IFAS, who will serve as national vice president, John Marrazzo, IFAS national secretary and James Camp, IFA national treasurer.
Serum specimens were also tested by IFA for typhus group rickettsial antibodies and were uniformly negative.
The association has already procured 12 acres of land out of its target of 66, and IFA members have reserved 34 acres to establish production facilities.
 
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