Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology – Measuring or testing process involving enzymes or... – Involving nucleic acid
Patent
1996-05-09
1998-06-23
Ketter, James
Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
Measuring or testing process involving enzymes or...
Involving nucleic acid
435 29, 435 34, 435912, C12Q 168
Patent
active
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ABSTRACT:
The subject invention provides processes and kits for detecting encysted forms of protozoa, particularly Cryptosporidium and Giardia, that are viable and infectious. To determine viability, cysts or oocysts are heated to a temperature that induces transcription of heat shock protein (HSP) genes. Alternatively, to determine infectivity the encysted forms are inoculated onto susceptible cell cultures. The viability or infectivity of the encysted forms can be determined by synthesizing a cDNA from an induced HSP RNA template using a primer that is specific for particular genus or species of protozoa, followed by enzymatic amplification of the cDNA. Alternatively, infectivity can be determined by amplifying HSP DNA from infected cells using a primer pair that is specific for a particular genus or species of protozoa. Amplified HSP DNA can be detected using probes that are specific for a protozoan species of interest, such as the human pathogens C. parvum and G. lamblia. Moreover, both Cryptosporidium and Giardia can be detected simultaneously by using two primer pairs in a multiplex amplification reaction.
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De Leon Ricardo
Rochelle Paul A.
Churchill Margaret A.
Farah David A.
Ketter James
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Yucel Irem
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