Method for rapid detection and identification of bioagents
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1. A system, comprising:
- a) a nucleic acid amplification component;
b) a base composition determination component; and
c) a base composition identification component comprising a database of base compositions from a plurality of bioagents wherein said base compositions identify the number of, but not the nucleic acid gene sequence order of, A residues, C residues, T residues, G residues, U residues, analogs thereof and/or mass tag residues thereof and a processor that compares said base compositions from said plurality of known bioagents to a base composition of an unknown bioagent to determine the identity of said unknown bioagent.
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Abstract
Method for detecting and identifying unknown bioagents, including bacteria, viruses and the like, by a combination of nucleic acid amplification and molecular weight determination using primers which hybridize to conserved sequence regions of nucleic acids derived from a bioagent and which bracket variable sequence regions that uniquely identify the bioagent. The result is a “base composition signature” (BCS) which is then matched against a database of base composition signatures, by which the bioagent is identified.
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1. A system, comprising:
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a) a nucleic acid amplification component; b) a base composition determination component; and c) a base composition identification component comprising a database of base compositions from a plurality of bioagents wherein said base compositions identify the number of, but not the nucleic acid gene sequence order of, A residues, C residues, T residues, G residues, U residues, analogs thereof and/or mass tag residues thereof and a processor that compares said base compositions from said plurality of known bioagents to a base composition of an unknown bioagent to determine the identity of said unknown bioagent. - 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)
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