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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2017
The Government of the United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, GA (US);
Jeffrey A. Johnson, Stone Mountain, GA (US);
Walid M. Heneine, Atlanta, GA (US);
Jonathan T. Lipscomb, Decatur, GA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are compositions including primers and probes, which are capable of interacting with the disclosed nucleic acids, such as the nucleic acids encoding the reverse transcriptase, protease, or integrase of HIV as disclosed herein. Thus, provided in an oligonucleotide comprising any one of the nucleotide sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOS: 1-89, 96-122, and 124-141. Also provided are the oligonucleotides consisting of the nucleotides as set forth in SEQ ID NOS: 1-89, 96-122, and 124-141. Each of the disclosed oligonucleotides is a probe or a primer. Also provided are mixtures of primers and probes and for use in RT-PCR and primary PCT reactions disclosed herein. Provided are methods for the specific detection of several mutations in HIV simultaneously or sequentially. Mutations in the reverse transcriptase, protease, or integrase of HIV can be detected using the methods described herein.