Patent ID: 9310365
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: A61P,C07K,G01N

Claim Text:
1. A method of diagnosing a subject with melioidosis, comprising: detecting, with an antibody produced by immunizing an animal with a melioidosis-associated antigen, by laboratory immunoassay, the melioidosis-associated antigen in a sample obtained from a subject exhibiting one or more signs or symptoms associated with melioidosis or a subject known to be at risk of acquiring melioidosis so as to obtain laboratory assay results regarding the presence of the melioidosis-associated antigen in the sample, wherein the melioidosis-associated antigen is a capsular polysaccharide (CPS) comprising an unbranched homopolymer of 6-deoxy-D-manno-heptose; and providing laboratory assay results thereby diagnosing whether the subject has melioidosis.