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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 1995
Filed:
Jan. 17, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Russell L Regnery, Tucker, GA (US);
Burt E Anderson, Tucker, GA (US);
Assignee:
United States of America, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; C12Q / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-732 ; 435-6 ; 436811 ; 5303884 ; 5303871 ; 5303895 ; 5303911 ; 5303913 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of diagnosing cat scratch disease and a method of diagnosing bacillary angiomatosis in a subject by detecting the presence of Rochalimaea henselae or an immunogenically specific determinant thereof in the subject. Also provided by the present invention is a vaccine comprising an immunogenic amount of a nonpathogenic Rochalimaea henselae or an immunogenically specific determinant thereof and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.