Patent ID: 6905816

Claim:
A method of determining a cause of one or more medical symptoms exhibited by a subject, the method comprising: (a) obtaining one or more biological samples from the subject; (b) obtaining an array of different probes or different sets of probes, wherein each probe or set of probes selectively interacts with a target associated with a different known cause of the one or more medical symptoms, and wherein the array includes at least (i) a first probe or set of first probes directed to a first target, wherein the first target comprises one or more markers for one or more infectious agents known to cause the one or more medical symptoms; and (ii) a second probe or set of second probes directed to a second target, wherein the second target comprises one or more genetic markers of the subject or one or more biological or chemical molecules, all known to be a cause of the one or more medical symptoms; (c) applying the one or more biological samples to the probes in the array under conditions that enable all of the probes to selectively interact with any targets in the biological sample; (d) detecting interactions; and (e) analyzing interactions to determine a cause of the one or more medical symptoms.