Patent ID: RE38824

Claim:
An isolated antibody which specifically binds to an antigenic molecule from an isolated human herpes virus having wherein said isolated human herpes virus has the morphology of a human herpes virus and a double-stranded DNA genome of about 170 Kb, wherein genomic DNA from said isolated human herpes virus hybridizes under stringent conditions with comprises a nucleic acid sequence of molecular clone ZVH14 (ATCC Accession No. 40,247); and further wherein said first nucleic acid antibody does not hybridize under said stringent conditions with the nucleic acid of specifically bind to an antigenic molecule from (a) Epstein-Barr virus; (b) human cytomegalovirus (CMV); (c) Herpes Simplex virus (HSV); (d) Varicella-Zoster virus (VZV); or (e) Herpes virus saimiri.