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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2013
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Washington University, St. Louis, MI (US);
Dan Barouch, Newton, MA (US);
Herbert W Virgin, Saint Louis, MO (US);
David Wang, Saint Louis, MO (US);
Guoyan Zhao, Saint Louis, MO (US);
Larissa Thackray, Columbia, IL (US);
Scott Handley, Saint Louis, MO (US);
Rachel Presti, University City, MO (US);
Beth Israel Deaconess, Boston, MA (US);
Washington University, Saint Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to previously undescribed viruses that are associated with significant expansion of the virome, immunodeficiency, and enteropathy during lentiviral infection. The invention also provides methods to detect acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) or AIDS progression in a subject, methods to diagnose immunodeficiency or enteropathy in a subject, and methods to identify a therapeutic agent to treat the same.