Patent 7736849 was granted and assigned to Taipei Veterans General Hospital on June, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The present invention provides an oligonucleotide for amplifying a nucleic acid of human cytomegalovirus and a kit for detecting human cytomegalovirus. The present invention also provides an oligonucleotide for identifying a nucleic acid of human cytomegalovirus. The present invention further provides a method of detecting human cytomegalovirus in an individual.