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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2009
Applicants:
Takeshi Sugaya, Ichikawa, JP;
Eisei Noiri, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshitsugu Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignees:
The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, JP;
Z Protein Laboratories, Inc., Moraga, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/53 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a method for malaria testing which enables testing for the presence of malaria infection and the extent of the infection in a convenient manner; and a reagent or kit which can be used in the method. The method for malaria testing according to the present invention includes the step of detecting a liver-type fatty acid binding protein present in urine collected from a subject animal. The extent of infection is determined to be higher when a larger amount of the liver-type fatty acid binding protein is present in a test sample.