Compounds and methods for diagnosis of tuberculosis
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1. An isolated polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NOs:
- 53, 63-65, 67-73, 76-88, 90, 92, 93, 95, 97, 115-121, 123, 124, 131, or 132 or an amino acid sequence comprising an immunogenic portion of SEQ ID NOs;
53, 63-65, 67-73, 76-88, 90, 92, 93, 95, 97, 115-121, 123, 124, 131, or 132.
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Abstract
Compounds and methods for diagnosing tuberculosis are disclosed. The compounds provided include polypeptides that contain at least one antigenic portion of one or more M. tuberculosis proteins, and DNA sequences encoding such polypeptides. Diagnostic kits containing such polypeptides or DNA sequences and a suitable detection reagent may be used for the detection of M. tuberculosis infection in patients and biological samples. Antibodies directed against such polypeptides are also provided.
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1. An isolated polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NOs:
- 53, 63-65, 67-73, 76-88, 90, 92, 93, 95, 97, 115-121, 123, 124, 131, or 132 or an amino acid sequence comprising an immunogenic portion of SEQ ID NOs;
53, 63-65, 67-73, 76-88, 90, 92, 93, 95, 97, 115-121, 123, 124, 131, or 132. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
- 53, 63-65, 67-73, 76-88, 90, 92, 93, 95, 97, 115-121, 123, 124, 131, or 132 or an amino acid sequence comprising an immunogenic portion of SEQ ID NOs;
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42. A polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence encoded by a polynucleotide sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NOs:
- 1, 2, 4-10, 13-43, 45, 47-52, 94, 96, 133, or 134, or a polypeptide comprising an immunogenic portion of a polypeptide encoded by SEQ ID NOs;
1, 2, 4-10, 13-43, 45, 47-52, 94, 96, 133, or 134. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93)
- 1, 2, 4-10, 13-43, 45, 47-52, 94, 96, 133, or 134, or a polypeptide comprising an immunogenic portion of a polypeptide encoded by SEQ ID NOs;
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