Patent ID: 8580521

Claim:
A device for serologically differentiating an infection with Yersinia enterocolitica from an infection with Yersinia pseudotuberculosis , wherein said device comprises (a) at least one antigen of a first group selected from the group consisting of: (i) YopD, (ii) YopH, (iii) YopM, (iv) YopE, (v) V-AG, (vi) YopN and (vii) fragments thereof having at least eight consecutive amino acids and at least one diagnostically relevant epitope, and (b) at least one antigen of a second group selected from the group consisting of: (i) MyfA, (ii) PsaA, and (iii) fragments thereof having at least eight consecutive amino acids and at least one diagnostically relevant epitope, wherein each individual first and second group antigen is fixed to the device in a spatially separated manner.