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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 1995
Filed:
Jun. 08, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark Feitelson, North Wales, PA (US);
Ling-Xun Duan, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Jianhui Guo, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Assignee:
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; G01N / ; C12P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-5 ; 435-71 ; 435-792 ; 435 912 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides methods for the detection of hepatitis B virus in atypical infections by simultaneously detecting antibodies against the X and polymerase gene products of HBV. Further, the present invention provides methods for the detection of HBV in atypical infections in a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay employing selected primes. These primers allow the detection of a specific class of HBV variants. These methods are useful for demonstrating the presence of productive virus infection and may prove useful in monitoring therapeutics.