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US 2016/0069869 A1Published application
Ectoparasite Detection
AssigneeSRI International
InventorsRajeev VAIDYANATHAN, Joseph PERRONE, Ellen BEAULIEU, Scott FIELDS
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Abstract
Ectoparasite infestation of a substrate like bedding is detected by contacting a sample from the substrate with a polyclonal ectoparasite antibody generated from a whole ectoparasite immunogen, under conditions wherein the antibody specifically binds ectoparasite antigen in the sample.
Claims18
A method of detecting a human ectoparasite infestation of a dwelling substrate, comprising:
- contacting a sample from the substrate with a polyclonal antibody generated from an immunogen comprising a whole animal extract of the ectoparasite, under conditions wherein the antibody specifically binds an antigen of the ectoparasite in the sample;
- detecting binding of the antibody and the antigen as an indication of infestation of the substrate with the ectoparasite.
A method of making a polyclonal ectoparasite antibody comprising:
- immunizing an animal with an immunogen comprising a whole animal extract of the ectoparasite;
- and
- isolating from the animal a resultant polyclonal ectoparasite antibody.
A human ectoparasite detection device comprising:
- a polyclonal anti-whole-human ectoparasite antibody;
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- a detection reagent for the antibody.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.