Vanderbilt University

Qiagen Sciences, LLC

World Sense Technology Limited

Yi-Wei Tang

Barney S Graham

Jian Han

Charles W Stratton

Sun-Wing Tong

Disclosed is an isolated strain of a previously unknown. Also disclosed are the sequences of thetuf gene and 16s rRNA and methods for distinguishingfrom other staphylococcal species.

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The present invention provides a method of collecting nasopharyngeal specimens by introducing physiologic solution into the conjunctival sacs and collecting the irrigate that drains into the oroharynx. The invention further provides a kit to facilitate such a method. The present invention also provides a method of delivering a biological active to the eyes, nasal, nasopharyngeal, and oropharyngeal regions.

Method of collecting nasopharyngeal cells and secretions for diagnosis of viral upper respiratory infections and screening for nasopharyngeal cancer

A method is disclosed of reducing viral replication of a virus of the paramyxoviridae family in a host, comprising administering to the host an antigen of the virus in combination with an effective adjuvant amount of interleukin-12 (IL-12). Human viruses of the paramyxoviridae family include paramyxoviruses (e.g., parainfluenza virus 1, parainfluenza virus 2, parainfluenza virus 3 and parainfluenza virus 4), morbilliviruses (e.g., measles virus) and pneumoviruses (e.g., respiratory syncytial virus); other non-human viruses of the paramyxoviridae family include canine distemper virus, bovine respiratory syncytial virus, Newcastle disease virus and rhinderpest virus. A composition is also disclosed comprising a mixture of an antigen of a virus of the Paramyxoviridae family and an effective adjuvant amount of interleukin-12 (IL-12).

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