Patent ID: 7951547

Claim:
A method of detecting the presence or absence of one or more helminthic antigens in a sample, the method comprising: (a) contacting a sample from a mammal with at least two antibodies selected from the group consisting of: (i) a first antibody capable of specifically binding a roundworm coproantigen, but not a whipworm or hookworm coproantigen; (ii) a second antibody capable of specifically binding a whipworm coproantigen, but not a roundworm or hookworm coproantigen; and (iii) a third antibody capable of specifically binding a hookworm coproantigen, but not a whipworm or roundworm coproantigen; (b) forming antibody-coproantigen complexes in the presence of the coproantigens, if any, in the sample; and (c) detecting the presence or absence of the antibody-coproantigen complexes, if any.