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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2013
Applicant:
Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY (US);
Inventors:
Jacqueline Michele Achkar, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Arturo Casadevall, New York, NY (US);
Rafael Prados-Rosales, New York, NY (US);
Anke Ziegenbalg, Stoney Brook, NY (US);
Assignee:
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Inc., Bronx, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/569 (2006.01); G01N 33/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/5695 (2013.01); G01N 33/6854 (2013.01); G01N 2333/35 (2013.01); G01N 2469/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to methods and kits for detecting active tuberculosis infection in a subject using serological techniques and a first agent capable of binding an IgG, IgA and/or IgM directed to the first protein present in or on amembrane vesicle or aCalmette-Guerin (BCG) membrane vesicle. Also provided are methods of treating a subject with an active tuberculosis disease.