Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology – Measuring or testing process involving enzymes or... – Involving antigen-antibody binding – specific binding protein...
Patent
1993-12-17
1995-05-09
Bidwell, Carol E.
Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
Measuring or testing process involving enzymes or...
Involving antigen-antibody binding, specific binding protein...
435 792, 435 794, 435975, 436518, 436532, G01N 33569
Patent
active
054139120
ABSTRACT:
There is disclosed an antigenic peptide that comprises at least 15 amino acids having the sequence Ala Glu Pro Lys X Ala Glu Pro Lys X Ala Glu Pro Lys X, wherein X is Pro or Ser. This peptide is useful in an ELISA assay to detect antibodies specific to T. cruzi infection and Chagas disease. This peptide is further useful in a vaccine composition for immunizing an individual to prevent Chagas disease upon exposure to T. cruzi.
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Bidwell Carol E.
Oster Jeffrey R.
Perkins Patricia Anne
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