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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Marc Alizon, Paris, FR;
Luc Montagnier, Le Plessis Robinson, FR;
Denise Guétard, Paris, FR;
Francois Clavel, Rockville, MD (US);
Pierre Sonigo, Paris, FR;
Mireille Guyader, Toulouse, FR;
Assignee:
Institut Pasteur, Paris, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/70 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/70 ;
Abstract
A method for diagnosing an HIV-2 (LAV-II) infection and a kit containing reagents for the same is disclosed. These reagents include cDNA probes which are capable of hybridizing to at least a portion of the genome of HIV-2. In one embodiment, the DNA probes are capable of hybridizing to the entire genome of HIV-2. These reagents also include polypeptides encoded by some of these DNA sequences.