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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
May. 16, 2008
Applicants:
Didier Raoult, Marseilles, FR;
Bernard LA Scola, Rousset, FR;
Marie-laure Birg, Marseilles, FR;
Florence Fenollar, Marseilles, FR;
Inventors:
Didier Raoult, Marseilles, FR;
Bernard La Scola, Rousset, FR;
Marie-Laure Birg, Marseilles, FR;
Florence Fenollar, Marseilles, FR;
Assignee:
Protisvalor Mediterranee, Marseilles, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 16/12 (2006.01); G01N 33/569 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for in vitro seriological diagnosis of Whipple's disease, whereby the bacteria responsible for the disease are isolated and established in a culture and brought into contact with the serum or biological fluid of an infected patient. The invention also relates to useful oligonucleotides with a probe and a primer for amplifying, sequencing and detecting the gene rpoB of the bacteria,