Patent ID: 7157225

Claim:
A kit for the detection of antibodies against an HIV-1 type O virus in a biological sample comprising: (a) a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of: CysValArgProGlyAsnAsnSerValLysGluIleLysIleGlyProMetAlaTrpTyrSerMetGlnIle GluArgGluGlyLysGlyAlaAsnSerArgThrAlaPheCys (SEQ ID NO:93); CysLysAsnArgLeuIleCys (SEQ ID NO:5); ArgLeuLeuAlaLeuGluThrPheIleGlnAsnTrpTrpLeuLeuAsnLeuTrpGlyCysLys AsnArgLeuIleCys (SEQ ID NO:6); ArgAlaArgLeuLeuAlaLeuGluThrPheIleGlnAsnGlnGlnLeuLeuAsnLeuTrpGlycys LysAsnArgLeuIleCysTyrThrSerValLysTrpAsnLysThr (SEQ ID NO:7); LysGluIleLysIle (SEQ ID NO:23); GluArgGluGlyLysGlyAlaAsn (SEQ ID NO:24); CysValArgProGlyAsnAsnSerValLysGluIleLysIle (SEQ ID NO:25); GlnIleGluArgGluGlyLysGlyAlaAsnSerArg (SEQ ID NO:26); ArgLeuLeuAlaLeuGluThrLeuMetGlnAsnGlnGlnLeu (SEQ ID NO:29); LeuAsnLeuTrpGlyCysArgGlyLysAlaIleCysTyrThrSerValGlnTrpAsnGluThrTrpGly (SEQ ID NO:30); CysArgGlyLysAlaIle (SEQ ID NO:31); SerValGlnTrpAsn (SEQ ID NO:32); ArgLeuLeuAlaLeuGluThrLeuMetGlnAsnGlnGlnLeuLeuAsnLeuTrpGlyCysArgGly LysAlaIleCysTyrThrSer (SEQ ID NO:33); GlnAsnGlnGlnLeuLeuAsnLeuTrpGlyCysArgGlyLysAlaIleCysTyrThrSerValGlnTrp Asn (SEQ ID NO:34); ThrPheIleGlnAsn (SEQ ID NO:40); TrpGlyCysLysAsnArg (SEQ ID NO:41) and (b) a detection reagent.