Method for detecting lyme disease
AssigneeMcCann & Associates, Inc.
InventorsDaisy S. McCann, Paul Chuba
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Abstract
Described is a method of detecting the presence of Lyme Disease organism comprising the steps of (a) combining a sample with an oligonucleotide probe for the organism; (b) hybridizing the probe with the organism; and (c) determining the presence of the organism hybridized with the probe. Also described is a kit containing a hybridization buffer, a labeled probe, and filter assemblies on which the hybridized product may be placed during the hybridization reaction. The kit may also contain positive and negative control filters to assist in the evaluation of unknown specimens.
Claims10
A method of detecting the presence of Lyme disease by detecting the organism Borrelia burgdorferi associated with Lyme disease comprising the steps of;
- (a) combining a sample suspected to contain the organism Borrelia burgdorferi with an oligonucleotide probe for the nucleic acid of the organism having the oligonucleotide sequence:
- GTT CGC CTT CGC CTC CGG TAT TC;
- (b) hybridizing the oligonucleotide probe with the nucleic acid of the organism;
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- (c) determining the presence of Lyme Disease associated with the nucleic acid of the organism hybridized with the probe.
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