Patent ID: 7041469
Filing Date: 2006-05-09
Classification: C12Q,G01N

Abstract:
1. A method for detecting Trichomonas vaginalis in vaginal fluid, said method comprising: (a) wetting an implement capable of retaining liquid with said vaginal fluid at a pH within the range of 2 to 3.5 and applying said wetted implement to a solid-phase conjugate comprising a reagent covalently bonded to a binding member selected from the group consisting of lysine and arginine residues at the C-terminus of a peptide wherein, if said vaginal fluid contains a protease characteristic of (b) applying said implement, after having been applied to said solid-phase conjugate, to a solid-phase form of said indicator; and (c) detecting whether said detectable change has occurred on said implement, the occurrence. of said detectable change being an indication of the presence of