Patent ID: 6458528
Filing Date: 2002-10-01
Classification: G01N,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of determining whether a feline is infected with feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), the method comprisingproviding a bodily sample of the feline, contacting the sample with an antibody-binding capture composition that comprises (i) a first purified capture polypeptide said polypeptide being an immunogenic fragment of FIV gag precursor p55, and (ii) a second purified capture polypeptide consisting essentially of an immunogenic fragment of FIV env precursor gp130, and using a detecting composition to detect the reaction of antibodies in the sample with the capture composition, wherein the occurrence of the reaction indicates that the feline is infected with FIV, said detection composition comprising a first detection polypeptide consisting essentially of an immunogenic fragment of FIV gag precursor p55 and a second detection polypeptide said polypeptide being an immunogenic fragment of FIV env precursor gp130, the first and second detection polypeptides being labeled with a detectable moiety.