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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2017
Applicant:
Abaxis, Inc., Union City, CA (US);
Inventors:
Rajesh K. Mehra, Hayward, CA (US);
Kenneth P. Aron, San Francisco, CA (US);
Dennis M. Bleile, San Ramon, CA (US);
Jeremy Walker, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Cristina Cuesico, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Abaxis, Inc., Union City, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 39/00 (2006.01); A61K 39/02 (2006.01); A61K 39/38 (2006.01); G01N 33/569 (2006.01); C07K 14/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/56911 (2013.01); C07K 14/20 (2013.01); G01N 2333/20 (2013.01); G01N 2469/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention provides compositions (e.g., peptide compositions) useful for the detection of antibodies that bind toantigens. The peptide compositions comprise polypeptide sequences comprising variants in the IR6 domain of theVlsE protein. The invention also provides devices, methods, and kits comprising such peptide compositions and useful for the detection of antibodies that bind toantigens and the diagnosis of Lyme disease.