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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2014
The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Surrey, GB;
The Governors of the University of Alberta, Edmonton, CA;
John McGiven, Surrey, GB;
David Bundle, Edmonton, CA;
Laurence Howells, Surrey, GB;
Julie Guiard, Verdigny, FR;
Vijaya Ganesh Narayanaswamy, Toronto, CA;
THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS, Surrey, GB;
THE GOVERNORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA, Edmonton Alberta, CA;
Abstract
There is provided a method of detecting in a sample the presence of an anti-M and/or anti-A and/or anti-C/Y antibody, the method comprising contacting the sample with a diagnostic conjugate provided according to the invention, comprising an oligosaccharide which comprises at least two units of 4,6-dideoxy-4-acylamido-α-pyranose and comprising at least one -(1-3)-link between adjacent 4,6-dideoxy-4-acylamido-α-pyranose units, in which the carbon at position 5 in the pyranose is linked to an R group, where R is independently selected from —CHOH, —H or an alkyl group having at least one C atom, the oligosaccharide being covalently linked to a non-saccharide molecule or to a surface.