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US 9,188,583 B2Granted
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 an extract of a whole 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 an extract of a whole ectoparasite;
- and
- isolating from the animal a resultant polyclonal anti-ectoparasite antibody.
An ectoparasite detection device comprising:
- a polyclonal anti-whole-ectoparasite antibody;
- and
- a detection reagent for the antibody.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.