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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2016
The United States of America As Represented BY the Secretary of the Dept. of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC (US);
Jonas M. Winchell, Lilburn, GA (US);
Alvaro J. Benitez, Kennesaw, GA (US);
Abstract
Methods for detecting(such asspp.,serogroup 1,, and/or) are disclosed. A sample suspected of containing one or morenucleic acids is screened for the presence or absence of that nucleic acid. Determining whethernucleic acid is present in the sample can be accomplished by contacting the sample with detectably labeled probes capable of hybridizing to anucleic acid and detecting hybridization between the probes and nucleic acids in the sample. Detection of hybridization indicates that anucleic acid is present in the sample. Also disclosed are probes and primers for the detection of, and kits that contain the disclosed probes and/or primers.