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US 11,841,368 B2Granted
Method and means for the rapid detection of HDV infections
AssigneeUniversität Heidelberg
InventorsFlorian Lempp, Stephan Urban
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a polypeptide and a nucleic acid encoding the polypeptide for use in a method of detecting the presence of hepatitis D virus (HDV) and/or of diagnosing an HDV infection and/or of monitoring the treatment of an HDV infection. The present invention further relates to an in vitro method, an immunographic test device as well as a kit. In particular, the present invention relates to a point of care diagnostic for HDV infections.
Claims20
A polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence selected from
- an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
- 1 or SEQ ID NO:
- 2,
- an amino acid sequence comprising amino acid residues 1 to 195 of SEQ ID NOs:
- 1 or 2,
- an amino acid sequence comprising amino acid residues 60 to 214 of SEQ ID NOs:
- 1 or 2, and
- an amino acid sequence having at least 99% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:
- 1.
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