Method for diagnosing latent viral infection

US4968601A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The Government of the U.S.A. as rep. by the Secretary of the Dept. of Health and Human Services · US

Inventors

• Steven Jacobson · New York, US
• Dale E. McFarlin · Potomac, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 9, 1988
• Grant date: Nov 6, 1990
• Expiry date: Feb 9, 2008

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N33/56988
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method for diagnosing latent viral infection is described. The method utilizes an agent such as OKT3 to stimulate CD3 receptor complex on T-cell line so that the latent virus harbored in the T cells is expressed and then the virus is identified by standard techniques.