diagnostic kits consisting primarily of a support including a plate, film, disc, sheet or dip-stick coated or impregnated with DNA binding reagents; namely, DNA sequence specific binding proteins, specimen diluents and washing solutions; namely, distilled water, saline, buffers and detergent-containing solutions and/or reagents for selectively isolating, capturing and hence, detecting DNA sequences of interest; namely, DNA binding compounds including avadin or biotin conjugated to a reporter group; namely, an enzyme which produces a color change or other detectable reaction on incubation with an appropriate substrate; and diagnostic reagents for the detection of amplified DNA