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Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025

Filed:

Jan. 28, 2020
Applicants:

The Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ (US);

Inventors:

James Schupp, Flagstaff, AZ (US);

Jason Sahl, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Paul Keim, Flagstaff, AZ (US);

David Engelthaler, Flagstaff, AZ (US);

David Wagner, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Viacheslav Fofanov, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/689 (2018.01); C12Q 1/04 (2006.01); C12Q 1/6844 (2018.01); C12Q 1/686 (2018.01); C12R 1/07 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/689 (2013.01); C12Q 1/04 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6844 (2013.01); C12Q 1/686 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/156 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/16 (2013.01); C12R 2001/07 (2021.05);
Abstract

The present invention provides methods of detecting a biothreat agent in a sample, comprising detecting at least one biothreat-specific amplicon in the sample. The methods also encompass confirming the absence of the biothreat agent by detecting Near Neighbor specific amplicons to avoid false positive results.


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