PEPTIDES, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR THE DETECTION OF EHRLICHIA ANTIBODIES

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide compositions (e.g., peptide compositions) useful for the detection of antibodies that bind to Ehrlichia antigens.SOLUTION: Peptide compositions comprise polypeptide sequences based on an immunogenic fragment of the Ehrlichia Outer Membrane Protein 1 (OMP-1) protein. The invention also provides devices, methods, and kits comprising such peptide compositions and useful for the detection of antibodies that bind to Ehrlichia antigens and the diagnosis of monocytic ehrlichiosis.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1