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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2006
Victor C. W. Tsang, Decatur, GA (US);
Jeffrey L. Call, Logan, UT (US);
Yeuk-mui Lee, Lilburn, GA (US);
Kathy Hancock, Atlanta, GA (US);
Victor C. W. Tsang, Decatur, GA (US);
Jeffrey L. Call, Logan, UT (US);
Yeuk-mui Lee, Lilburn, GA (US);
Kathy Hancock, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A reagent and method for the specific and highly sensitive detection ofin which the reagent is an antibody for a solublesporozoite antigen and the method is an immunoassay in which the antibody is used to detect or quantifysporozoite antigen in a sample. The sample is treated to cause excystation ofoocytes, thereby releasing asporozoite antigen, and combined with antibodies specific for the sporozoite antigen under conditions to form an antibody-antigen complex. Detection of the complex indicates the presence ofin the sample. The assay allows recognition and detection ofin turbid samples, and due to a lack of crossreactivity with otherspecies, is specific forcontamination or infection. The assay is highly sensitive, allowing for the detection of less than 100 oocysts per milliliter of sample.