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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2006
Camille Locht, Brussels, BE;
Françoise Mascart, Brussels, BE;
Stéphane Temmerman, Brussels, BE;
Jean-michel Hougardy, Itterbeek, BE;
Sammy Place, Rebecq, BE;
Christian Sergheraert, Morbecque, FR;
Camille Locht, Brussels, BE;
Françoise Mascart, Brussels, BE;
Stéphane Temmerman, Brussels, BE;
Jean-Michel Hougardy, Itterbeek, BE;
Sammy Place, Rebecq, BE;
Christian Sergheraert, Morbecque, FR;
Institute Pasteur de Lille, Lille, FR;
Inserm (Institut National de la Sante Et de la Recherche Medicale), Paris, FR;
Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, BE;
Universite du Droit Et de la Sante de Lille II, Lille, FR;
Abstract
The present invention concerns methods for in vitro detection of an infection byin mammals, and methods for in vitro distinction between mammals infected within which the disease is declared (active form) and mammals which are infected but asymptomatic for tuberculosis (latent form), and a method for in vitro distinction between mammals presenting an active form of tuberculosis and mammals not infected byor presenting a latent form of tuberculosis. The present invention also pertains to kits for detection and distinction between infected mammals presenting tuberculosis symptoms and infected mammals with no disease development, and a kit for distinguishing between mammals presenting an active form of tuberculosis and mammals not infected byor presenting a latent form of tuberculosis.