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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
David R Milich, El Cahon, CA (US);
Toshiyuki Maruyama, Tokyo, JP;
Florian Schodel, Silver Springs, MD (US);
Darrel Peterson, Chesterfield, VA (US);
Assignees:
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA (US);
The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA (US);
Max Planck Gesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-5 ; 436513 ; 436820 ;
Abstract
Human antibodies that bind to woodchuck hepatitis virus core antigen are elevated in chronic hepatitis B patients in comparison to acute hepatitis B patients. Immunoassays for detection of the level of anti-WHV core antigen antibodies is used to distinguish chronic from acute hepatitis B patients.