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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2016
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Courtney E. Maus, Pasadena, MD (US);
Jason P. Stevens, Owings Mills, MD (US);
Danielle Koffenberger, Stewartstown, PA (US);
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Abstract
A region of thepmpA gene has been identified which is useful for performing amplification assays to determine specifically whetheris present in the sample being tested. Oligonucleotides useful for detecting this gene by performing the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) are disclosed. The disclosed oligonucleotides can be used in an assay which is specific for multiple strains or serovars of, including the variant E serovar, and which does not show cross reactivity with the genomes of other microorganisms or with human DNA. In addition, the disclosed oligonucleotides can be used to in a multiplex system. This invention also contemplates a kit including oligonucleotides, and optionally other reagents, for the detection ofusing PCR.