Patent ID: 9605036
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: A61K,A61P,C07K,G01N,Y02A

Claim:
1. A method of detecting an anti- E. chaffeensis antibody in an individual, comprising the step of assaying a biological sample from the individual for the presence of an antibody that immunologically binds to a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3; SEQ ID NO: 4; SEQ ID NO: 8; SEQ ID NO: 9; SEQ ID NO: 10; or SEQ ID NO: 11, or an amino acid sequence that is at least 95% identical to SEQ ID NO: 3; SEQ ID NO: 4; SEQ ID NO: 8; SEQ ID NO: 9; SEQ ID NO: 10; or SEQ ID NO: 11, wherein the polypeptide is no more than 50 amino acids in length and the assaying comprises contacting the sample with the polypeptide.