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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2017
Applicant:
Quest Diagnostics Investments Llc, Secaucus, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Jules Chen, Irvine, CA (US);
Michelle Tabb, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Assignee:
Quest Diagnostics Investments LLC, Secaucus, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/689 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/689 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/106 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/158 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides methods for determining whether a patient exhibiting pertussis-like symptoms will benefit from treatment, with therapeutic agents that inhibit. These methods are based on detecting, andin a biological sample by assaying for the presence of the IS481, IS 1001, and hIS1001 target repeat elements, respectively. Kits for use in practicing the methods are also provided.