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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:
Apr. 04, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 07, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
David H Persing, Rochester, MN (US);
Assignee:
Mayo Foundation for Medical Educational Research, Rochester, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N / ; A61K / ; A61K / ; C12Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4242341 ; 424200 ; 4241841 ; 424 931 ; 424 934 ; 435 691 ; 435 693 ; 435-4 ; 435-72 ; 435-792 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a method for detecting B. burgdorferi infection utilizing an antigen preparation lacking a detectable level of outer surface protein A (OspA). The antigen preparation is made from an isolate of B. burgdorferi that lacks the plasmid encoding outer surface protein A (OspA). The method of the invention discriminates B. burgdorferi infection from OspA vaccination.