Inventors:
Momar NDAO - La Prairie, CA
Brian WARD - Montreal, CA
Hongshan LI - West Roxbury MA, US
Vladimir PODUST - Fremont CA, US
Rebecca CAFFREY - Mountain View CA, US
Terrance William SPITHILL - Notre Dame D'Ile Perrot, CA
Regis PERICHON - Media PA, US
Assignee:
MCGILL UNIVERSITY - Montreal
International Classification:
A61K 31/541
G01N 33/566
A61P 33/02
A61K 31/4168
A61K 31/519
C40B 30/04
G01N 27/62
US Classification:
5142278, 506 9, 436501, 436 86, 514398, 5142621
Abstract:
The present invention provides protein-based biomarkers and biomarker combinations that are useful in qualifying Chagas disease status in a patient. In particular, the biomarkers of this invention are useful to classify a subject sample as infected with Chagas disease or non-infected. The biomarkers can be detected by SELDI mass spectrometry.