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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 1996
Filed:
Nov. 25, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shyh-Ching Lo, Potomac, MD (US);
James W Shih, Bethesda, MD (US);
Richard Y-H. Wang, Bethesda, MD (US);
Assignee:
American Registry of Pathology, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-732 ; 435-72 ; 435-792 ; 435870 ; 435973 ; 4352531 ; 436501 ; 5303895 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a diagnostic assay utilizing the lipid associated membrane proteins of mycoplasmas to detect the presence of species-specific mycoplasma antibodies. The sensitive assay is useful for the detection and differentiation of mycoplasma antibodies specific for individual species in biological samples from humans and animals, and exhibits virtually no cross-reactivity between different mycoplasma species.