Abstract: The present invention relates to molecular methods of serotyping Streptococcus pneunoniae, as well as polynu-cleotides useful in such methods. These methods rely on analysing at least a portion of the nucleotide sequence between the 3? end of the cpsA gene and the 5? end of the cpsB gene, and/or analysing at least a portion of the szy and/or wzx gene(s).
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 13, 2004
Publication date:
January 25, 2007
Applicants:
Sydney West Area Health Service Swahs Office of Commercialisation, Tianjin Biochip Corporation
Inventors:
Fanrong Kong, Gwendolyn Gilbert, Lei Wang, Dan Liu, Jiang Tao