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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 15, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Emmanuel Drouet, Corenc, FR;
Richard Brebant, Marcy-l'Etoile, FR;
Assignee:
L'Universite Joseph Fourier, St Martin d'Heres, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/70 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/70 ;
Abstract
The use of a peptide reagent for detecting the presence or absence of a primary Epstein-Barr virus infection in a patient by testing for IgM antibodies, recognizing said reagent, in a biological sample from the patient according to a per se known method based on the formation of at least one antigen-antibody complex, is disclosed. The reagent contains a peptide recognized by at least one antibody to a peptide having the sequence of formula (II): Leu Glu Ile Lys Arg Tyr Lys Asn Arg Val Ala Ser Arg Lys Cys Arg Ala Lys Phe Lys Gln. The reagent enables such a primary infection to be detected very early.