National Institutes of Health

NIAID Reference Reagent Repository

Sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Now Operated by KamTek, Inc.

Formerly Operated by Braton Biotech, Inc.

• Interferon Catalog
• Influenza Catalog
• Current Reagents
• Reference Reagent Order Forms
• Interferon Reagent Order Forms
• Links
• FAQs

Welcome to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Reference Reagent Repository Home Page. This valuable resource of biological reference material was originally established by the NIAID to provide viral reference reagents to researchers who were interested in carrying out comparative viral research. Over time, the repository's viral reagent inventory expanded to include additional reference products such as mycoplasmas, allergens and immunologic reagents. In 1969, the NIAID accepted the added responsibility to evaluate, produce and distribute a panel of interferon (IFN) reference standards that were selected in consultation with acknowledged experts in the field of interferon research. The original panel along with subsequently developed IFN standards and reference preparations comprise the present day World Health Organization (WHO) collection of Interferon Standards and Reference Reagents. All IFN standards and reference material meet stringent international (WHO) requirements for accuracy, consistency and stability that are established by the WHO Expert Committee on Biological Standardization.

Please take a moment to look over the Repository's website. Click on Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) to retrieve information on topics that address a requestor's eligibility requirements, reagent prices, and current Repository policies to order and ship reagent(s). Click on other tabs to access our updated lists of available Repository reagents, current copies of the NIAID Interferon and Influenza reagent catalogs, newly acquired Repository reagents, and downloadable order forms with instructions for requesting the interferon reagents/standards as well as all other NIAID reference reagents. We also offer a Links connection to other websites that we hope you will find useful and informative. All files can be downloaded with Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you don't have Acrobat Reader, a free copy has been made available below for your use. Please contact us by e-mail if you have any questions or suggestions.

For downloading files click on the following links below :-