Diagnostic reagents
AssigneesThe Penn State Research Foundation, The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs acting through the Animal and Plant
InventorsVivek Kapur, Sreenidhi Srinivasan, Hans Vordermeier, Gareth Jones
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Abstract
There is provided a skin test diagnostic reagent comprising: at least one 40mer polypeptide consisting of any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1, 3 or 4; at least one 40mer polypeptide consisting of any one of SEQ ID NOs: 7 or 8; and at least one 40mer polypeptide consisting of any one of SEQ ID NOs: 10, 11 or 12, characterised in that the reagent elicits a positive result when administered in a skin test to an animal infected with Mycobacterium bovis or Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Claims11
A skin test diagnostic reagent comprising:
- a 40mer polypeptide consisting of SEQ ID NO:
- 1;
- a 40mer polypeptide consisting of SEQ ID NO:
- 3;
- a 40mer polypeptide consisting of SEQ ID NO:
- 4;
- a 40mer polypeptide consisting of SEQ ID NO:
- 7;
- a 40mer polypeptide consisting of SEQ ID NO:
- 8;
- a 40mer polypeptide consisting of SEQ ID NO:
- 10;
- a 40mer polypeptide consisting of SEQ ID NO:
- 11;
- and
- a 40mer polypeptide consisting of SEQ ID NO:
- 12;
- wherein the reagent elicits a positive result when administered in a skin test to an animal infected with Mycobacterium bovis or Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
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