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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:
Feb. 25, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jacqueline E. Dawson, Atlanta, GA (US);
Burt Anderson, Tucker, GA (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/902 ; A61K 3/9395 ; A61K 3/940 ; A61K 3/900 ; A61K 3/938 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/902 ; A61K 3/9395 ; A61K 3/940 ; A61K 3/900 ; A61K 3/938 ;
Abstract
A new isolate of Ehrlichia species has been obtained from a patient suffering from ehrlichiosis. The new isolate has been found to be similar, but distinctly different from . A diagnostic kit and methods for diagnosing ehrlichiosis in humans and for screening drugs toxic to the new isolate have been described.