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Ad hoc
Joint Working Group Results
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Part 1 was revised to clarify, but remained
essentially the same.
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Part 2 essentially the same but updated to:
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remove near neighbors.
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remove unavailable DNA.
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make adjustment specific to specific targets.
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Part 3 for Potential Interferents added.
Part 3 : Potential Interferants Study
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Supplements the Environmental Factors Study.
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Applicable to all biological threat agent detection
assays for Department of Defense applications.
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Interferants shall be spiked at a final test
concentration of 1 µg/ml directly into the sample
collection buffer. Interferants may be pooled.