NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES THAT CAN BE USED AS PRIMERS AND PROBES IN THE AMPLIFICATION AND DETECTION OF HSV DNA AND METHOD FOR THE AMPLIFICATION AND DETECTION OF HSV DNA USING A TRANSCRIPTION BASED AMPLIFICATION

• Main Authors: DEIMAN, BIRGIT, ALBERTA, LOUISA, MARIA, VERMEER-VAN DER LAAR, SASKIA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 01.08.2007
• Subjects: BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS OR TEST PAPERS THEREFOR; CONDITION-RESPONSIVE CONTROL IN MICROBIOLOGICAL ORENZYMOLOGICAL PROCESSES; ENZYMOLOGY; MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESSES INVOLVING ENZYMES, NUCLEICACIDS OR MICROORGANISMS; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; PROCESSES OF PREPARING SUCH COMPOSITIONS; SPIRITS; VINEGAR; WINE

The present invention is related to a pair of oligonucleotide primers for the amplification of HSV nucleic acid comprising: a) an oligonucleotide, 10-50 nucleotides in length, preferably 10-35 nucleotides in length, comprising at least a fragment of 10 nucleotides of a sequence selected from the group consisting of: 5'-ACGTTCACCAAGCTGCTGCT-3', or its complementary sequence and b) an oligonucleotide, 10-50 nucleotides in length, preferably 10-35 nucleotides in length, comprising at least a fragment of 10 nucleotides of a sequence selected from the group consisting of: 5'-CCAGGGCCCTGGAGGTGCGG-3', or its complementary sequence. The invention also relates to probes, method for amplifying an HSV DNA target, method of specific ou aspecific detection of HSV type 1 and 2 and test kit to do possible the detection of HSV. The present invention is especially useful in methods for practicing nucleic acid test.