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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2005
Applicants:
Javanbakhsh Esfandiari, Stony Brook, NY (US);
Konstantin Lyashchenko, East Setauket, NY (US);
Inventors:
Javanbakhsh Esfandiari, Stony Brook, NY (US);
Konstantin Lyashchenko, East Setauket, NY (US);
Assignee:
Chembio Diagnostic Systems, Inc., Medford, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/53 (2006.01); G01N 33/354 (2006.01); C12Q 1/00 (2006.01); A61K 39/395 (2006.01); A61K 39/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A universal test apparatus for detecting tuberculosis (TB) in any of many different species of non-primate mammals is provided. The universal test apparatus includes a test site having a mycobacterial antigen cocktail comprising ESAT-6/CFP10 and 16 kDa/MPB83 polyfusion antigens, and a tracer having the ESAT-6/CFP10 polyfusion antigen and MPB83 antigen conjugated to latex or colloidal gold. The universal test apparatus is effective across genuses, families and orders of non-primate mammals.