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Patent No.:

US 10683557 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2020

Filed:

Jun. 23, 2015

Detecting bacterial taxa for predicting adverse pregnancy outcomes

Applicant:

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong, CN;

Inventors:

Stephen Siu-Chung Chim, Quarry Bay, CN;

Chee-Yin Cheung, Tai Po, CN;

Wan-Chee Cheung, Shaukeiwan, CN;

Meng Meng, Shanghai, CN;

Tak-Yeung Leung, Shatin, CN;

Keun-Young Lee, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong, CN;

Attorney:

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

Primary Examiner:

Katherine D Salmon

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2018.01); C12Q 1/689 (2018.01); C12Q 1/6883 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/689 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6883 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/158 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

It provides a method for predicting the risk of an adverse pregnancy or neonatal outcome for a pregnant subject by detecting the elevated level of bacteria from one or more selected bacterial taxa (e.g., genera or species). A kit useful for such a method is also provided. In addition, it provides a method for determining the risk of having advanced cervical dilation and/or premature cervical shortening based on differentially abundant bacterial taxa.

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