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Patent Inventor Names
Yasir A. W. Skeiky0
Ronald C. Hendrickson0
Steven G. Reed0
Thomas S. Vedvick0
Antonio Campos-Neto0
Daniel R. Twardzik0
Davin C. Dillon0
Michael J. Lodes0
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Date of Patent
October 17, 2006
0Patent Application Number
110820050
Date Filed
March 15, 2005
0Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
Compounds and methods for diagnosing tuberculosis are disclosed. The compounds provided include polypeptides that contain at least one antigenic portion of one or more M. tuberculosis proteins, and DNA sequences encoding such polypeptides. Diagnostic kits containing such polypeptides or DNA sequences and a suitable detection reagent may be used for the detection of M. tuberculosis infection in patients and biological samples. Antibodies directed against such polypeptides are also provided.
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