Patent ID: 8236325

Claim:
An isolated hyperimmune serum-reactive antigen consisting of a fragment of SEQ ID NO: 38, wherein said fragment comprises an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of amino acids 7-16, 39-45, 73-83, 90-98, 118-124, 130-136, 194-204, 269-280, 320-327, 373-381, 389-397, 1325-1331, 1356-1364, 1394-1411, 1426-1439, 1445-1461, 1498-1504, 1556-1561, 1564-1573, 1613-1639, 1648-1655, 1694-1714, 1748-1755, 1778-1785, 1808-1813, 1821-1827, 1829-1837, 1846-1852, 1859-1865, 1874-1883, 1895-1900, 1908-1913, 1931-1937, 1964-1981, 1995-2005, 2020-2033, 2040-2047, 2103-2109, 2118-2127, 2138-2144, 2166-2175, 2180-2187, 2220-2225, 2237-2242, 2247-2253, 2273-2281, 2286-2306, 2314-2320, 2323-2345, 2350-2355, 2371-2384, 2415-2424, 2426-2431, 2452-2472, 2584-2589, 2610-2621, 2638-2655, 2664-2670, 2681-2690, 2692-2714, and 2724-2730 of SEQ ID NO: 38, and wherein said fragment is less than 2757 amino acids in length.