发明名称 DIAGNOSTIC REAGENTS
摘要 There is provided a diagnostic reagent useful to determine whether an animal has a tuberculosis infection or has been exposed to a tuberculosis agent, for example a Mycobacterium. The reagent is useful to distinguish between such an animal and an animal which has been vaccinated against a tuberculosis infection.
申请公布号 US2017097349(A1) 申请公布日期 2017.04.06
申请号 US201615343522 申请日期 2016.11.04
申请人 THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS ACTING THROUGH 发明人 JONES Gareth;VORDERMEIER Hans
分类号 G01N33/569;A61K49/00;C07K7/08 主分类号 G01N33/569
代理机构 代理人
主权项 1. A diagnostic reagent comprising a polypeptide comprising amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:8 or a functional variant thereof, characterised in that the diagnostic reagent elicits a negative diagnostic assay result when a tuberculosis infection assay is carried out on a sample from an animal which has been vaccinated against infection by a tuberculosis agent.
地址 Surrey GB