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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 1993
Filed:
Oct. 23, 1989
Marvin E Frazier, Richland, WA (US);
Louis P Mallavia, Moscow, ID (US);
James E Samuel, Derwood, MD (US);
Oswald G Baca, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Battelle Memorial Institute, Richland, WA (US);
Abstract
Methods for detecting the presence of Coxiella burnetii in biological samples, as well as a method for differentiating strains of C. burnetii that are capable of causing acute disease from those strains capable of causing chronic disease are disclosed. The methods generally comprise treating cells contained within the biological sample to expose cellular DNA, and hybridizing the cellular DNA with a DNA probe containing DNA sequences that specifically hybridize with C. burnetii DNA of strains associated with the capacity to cause acute or chronic disease.