Technology ID
TAB-127

Parvovirus B19 Receptor And Parvovirus B19 Detection

E-Numbers
E-019-1993-0
Co-Inventors
Young, Neal
Applications
Therapeutics
Diagnostics
Therapeutic Areas
Infectious Disease
Lead IC
NHLBI
The claimed invention provides a method of detecting the presence of a parvovirus in a sample. Parvoviruses infect animals and man. In man, the only known pathogenic member of this family is parvovirus B19. The inventors have identified the parvovirus B19 receptor which provides for a method to diagnose, prevent, and treat parvovirus infection utilizing the binding affinity for the receptor.

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Patents

  • US Patent 5,449,608
    Filed on 1993-03-22
  • Patent Cooperation Treaty
    (PCT) PCT/US94/003009
    Filed on 1994-03-22

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