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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2004
Applicants:
Katherine Jean Esty, Westbrook, ME (US);
Ramaswamy Chandrashekar, Scarborough, ME (US);
Inventors:
Katherine Jean Esty, Westbrook, ME (US);
Ramaswamy Chandrashekar, Scarborough, ME (US);
Assignee:
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc., Westbrook, ME (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/70 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and device for detecting a West Nile Virus (WNV) infection including contacting a biological sample from a subject with an anti-IgM antibody and a recombinant WNV E polypeptide and detecting whether the polypeptide substantially binds to an antibody in the sample. The invention also includes a method and device for determining whether an animal is infected with West Nile Virus (WNV), or is either not infected or is vaccinated with a WNV vaccine.