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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2003
Applicants:
Ajit Lalvani, Oxford, GB;
Katie Ewer, Oxford, GB;
Inventors:
Ajit Lalvani, Oxford, GB;
Katie Ewer, Oxford, GB;
Assignee:
Isis Innovation Limited, Oxford, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/554 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Method of diagnosing in an individual recent exposure to an agent which is a pathogen, vaccine or any other moiety which induces a cellular response, said method comprising determining in vitro whether the T cells of the individual recognise a protein from said agent having a length of at least 30 amino acids, to a greater extent than one or more peptide epitopes from the agent, a greater extent of recognition of the protein indicating that the individual has recently been exposed to the agent.