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US 8,835,107 B2Granted
Coronavirus, nucleic acid, protein, and methods for the generation of vaccine, medicaments and diagnostics
AssigneeAmsterdam Institute of Viral Genomics B.V.
InventorCornelia Maria Van Der Hoek
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Abstract
A new coronavirus is disclosed herein with a tropism that includes humans. Means and methods are provided for diagnosing subjects (previously) infected with the virus. Also provided are among others vaccines, medicaments, nucleic acids and specific binding members.
Claims9
A method for determining whether an individual suffers from an HCoV-NL63 infection, said method comprising:
- obtaining a biological sample from the individual, and
- detecting the presence of HCoV-NL63 virus sequences in said biological sample with a primer and/or probe capable of specifically detecting a HCoV-NL63 virus sequences.
A method for detecting an isolated or recombinant HCoV-NL63 virus comprising a nucleic acid sequence that is at least 90% homologous to a HC0V-NL63 nucleic acid sequence in a sample, the method comprising:
- hybridizing and/or amplifying a HCoV-NL63 nucleic acid of said sample with a primer and/or probe capable of specifically hybridizing and/or amplifying said HCoV-NL63 nucleic acid, and detecting hybridized and/or amplified product.
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