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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 14, 1995
Clara K Fenger, Lexington, KY (US);
David E Granstrom, Lexington, KY (US);
Alvin A Gajadhar, Lexington, KY (US);
Jitender P Dubey, Greenbelt, MD (US);
University of Kentucky Research Foundation, Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
An amplification primer and probe which can be used in an in vitro diagnostic test for the presence of S. neurona in equine blood or cerebrospinal fluid. Sarcocystis neurona is responsible for the equine condition of protozoal myelitis. The amplification primer is seventeen nucleotides in length and complementary to a unique section of the small ribosomal subunit of Sarcocystis neurona. The primer encompasses nucleotide positions 1470-1487 of the small ribosomal subunit of S. neurona. The primer has the sequence 5' CCATTCCGGACGCGGGT SEQ ID NO:1.