Methods and compositions for diagnosing and treating certain HIV infected patients

US5556744A · kind A · utility

Assignees

• The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · US
• The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology · US

Inventors

• David B. Weiner · Yeadon, US
• Kenneth E. Ugen · Tampa, US
• William V. Williams · Havertown, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 24, 1994
• Grant date: Sep 17, 1996
• Expiry date: Mar 24, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S530/826
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention provides a panel of HIV peptides useful in diagnosing whether or not a patient is of vertical HIV transmission status, methods for diagnosing same, methods for identifying epitopes and peptides associated with non-transmission status, and pharmaceutical and vaccine compositions containing same.