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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2009
Jin-town Wang, Taipei, TW;
Yi-jiun Pan, Taipei, TW;
Han-chi Fang, Taipei, TW;
Hui-ching Yang, Taipei, TW;
Tzu-lung Lin, Taipei, TW;
Pei-fang Hsieh, Taipei, TW;
Feng-chiao Tsai, Taipei, TW;
Yoav Keynan, Taipei, TW;
Jin-Town Wang, Taipei, TW;
Yi-Jiun Pan, Taipei, TW;
Han-Chi Fang, Taipei, TW;
Hui-Ching Yang, Taipei, TW;
Tzu-Lung Lin, Taipei, TW;
Pei-Fang Hsieh, Taipei, TW;
Feng-Chiao Tsai, Taipei, TW;
Yoav Keynan, Taipei, TW;
National Taiwan University, Taipei, TW;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of identifying a serotype of, in particular to a method using specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) primer sets designed according to a fragment of a capsular polysaccharide synthesis (cps) region to identify a K57 or a NTUH-N1 serotype and its application. NTUH-N1 is a novel serotype which differs from the previously reported 77 serotypes. This PCR-based cps genotyping method not only solves the problems of insufficient specificity and sensitivity caused by conventional immune method, but can be applied in clinical diagnosis with the advantages of rapidity and low cost. In addition, the rate of unidentifiable strains can also be reduced by this method.