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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:
May. 02, 1995
Filed:
Jan. 15, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Steven Reed, Bellevue, WA (US);
Assignee:
Iasys Corporation, Seattle, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-722 ; 435-792 ; 435-795 ; 435975 ; 530324 ; 530822 ; 530810 ;
Abstract
A method for detecting anti-Leishmania parasite antibodies to a 230 kDa antigen present in Leishmania chagasi and Leishmania donovani is disclosed which comprises obtaining a sample from an individual, contacting the sample with a recombinant K39 repeat unit antigen comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO:3, and detecting the presence of anti-Leishmania parasite antibodies in the sample which bind to the recombinant K39 repeat unit antigen.