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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2005
Applicant:
Ajit Lalvani, Oxford, GB;
Inventor:
Ajit Lalvani, Oxford, GB;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/00 (2006.01); A61K 39/04 (2006.01); A61K 39/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides a method of diagnosinginfection in a human, or of determining whether a human has been exposed to, comprising: (i) contacting T-cells from said human with one or more of (a) a peptide having the sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1; (b) a peptide having or comprising the sequence of at least 8 consecutive amino acids of the sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1; or (c) a peptide having or comprising a sequence which is capable of binding to a T-cell receptor which recognizes a peptide as defined in (a) or (b); and (ii) determining whether any of the said T-cells recognize said peptide, wherein steps (i) and (ii) are optionally carried out in vitro.