Patent ID: 6740744
Filing Date: 2004-05-25
Classification: A61K,C07B,C07K,G01N,G11B,Y02A

Abstract:
A method of assaying for Borrelia infection comprising:(a) obtaining a sample from a subject; (b) obtaining an antibody that binds immunologically to an epitope of SEQ ID NO: 15 or a polypeptide consisting of an epitope of SEQ ID NO: 15; (c) admixing the sample and the antibody that binds immunologically to an epitope of SEQ ID NO: 15 or the polypeptide consisting of an epitope of SEQ ID NO: 15; and (d) determining whether inummologic binding occurs between the antibody that binds immunologically to an epitope of SEQ ID NO: 15 and a polypeptide in the sample or the polypeptide consisting of an epitope of SEQ ID NO: 15 and an antibody in the sample; wherein immunologic binding is indicative of Borrelia infection.