Patent ID: 8790879
Filing Date: 2014-07-29
Classification: C12Q

Abstract:
1. A probe for use in determining the presence of Trichomonas vaginalis in a sample, the probe consisting of an oligonucleotide and one or more labels, each of the labels being joined to the oligonucleotide with a non-nucleotide linker, wherein the oligonucleotide consists of a target-complementary sequence and, optionally, one or more flanking sequences which, under stringent hybridization conditions, do not stably bind to a target nucleic acid derived from Trichomonas vaginalis when the target-complementary sequence is stably hybridized to the target nucleic acid, and wherein the base sequence of the target-complementary sequence consists of the base sequence of SEQ ID NO:33, SEQ ID NO:34, SEQ ID NO:35 or SEQ ID NO:36, or an RNA/DNA combination equivalent of any of the foregoing.