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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2008
Applicants:
Harumi Minekawa, Tochigi, JP;
Keiko Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Shinichi Kojiya, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Eiken Kagaku Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); C07H 21/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This invention provides: a method for detecting SARS pathogenic viruses with high sensitivity and rapidity for diagnosing severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS); an oligonucleotide primer that can specifically hybridize with any nucleotide sequence constructed based on the nucleotide sequence of RNA polymerase of the SARS coronavirus; a method for nucleic acid amplification using such primer; a method for diagnosing infection with the SARS coronavirus via detection of nucleic acid amplification; and a kit for diagnosing SARS.