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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:
Oct. 01, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 16, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Maan Zrein, Bondues, FR;
Assignee:
Innogenetics N.V., , BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/800 ; A61K 3/9002 ; C07K 1/00 ; G01N 3/3569 ; G01N 3/353 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/800 ; A61K 3/9002 ; C07K 1/00 ; G01N 3/3569 ; G01N 3/353 ;
Abstract
Transfusion of contaminated blood has become the major route of transmission for Chagas' disease. Current screening tests are insensitive and yield conflicting results, while confirmatory assays do not exist. The present invention relates to antigens and their use for serological diagnosis of Chagas' disease. More specifically, the present invention concerns assays which are able to reliably and accurately detect the presence of antibodies to various specific antigens of in a highly sensitive and specific manner.