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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2009
Applicants:
Vladimir A. Koulchin, Portland, ME (US);
Elena V. Molokova, Portland, ME (US);
Jill L. Kerrick, Scarborough, ME (US);
Inventors:
Vladimir A. Koulchin, Portland, ME (US);
Elena V. Molokova, Portland, ME (US);
Jill L. Kerrick, Scarborough, ME (US);
Assignee:
Chemogen, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 39/40 (2006.01); A61K 39/04 (2006.01); A61K 39/395 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The disclosed technology provides an enriched antibody population, highly specific for an antigen of a surface polysaccharide, from a mycobacterium. In a related embodiment, the antibody is enriched by having been raised in an environment that maintains antigenically active antigen. These antibodies may be used in an immunoreactive environment for detecting the presence of a mycobacterial infection in a sample from a subject.