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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1999
Gregory T. Maine, Gurnee, IL (US);
Jeffrey C. Hunt, Mundelein, IL (US);
Susan Brojanac, Brookfield, WI (US);
Michael Jyh-Tsing Sheu, Gurnee, IL (US);
Linda E. Chovan, Kenosha, WI (US);
Joan D. Tyner, Beach Park, IL (US);
Lawrence V. Howard, Libertyville, IL (US);
Stephen F. Parmley, San Jose, CA (US);
Jack S. Remington, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Fausto Araujo, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Yashuhiro Suzuki, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Shuli Li, San Jose, CA (US);
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to combinations or mixtures of antigens which may be used in the detection of IgM and/or IgG antibodies to,as well as to the P35 antigen which may be used to distinguish acute from chronic toxoplasmosis. Furthermore, the present invention also relates to methods of using these combinations of antigens, antibodies raised against these combinations of antigens or against the novel P29 antigen thereof, as well as kits and vaccines containing the antigens present in the combinations.