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Chimeric immunogens

US6168786A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Connaught Laboratories, Inc. · CA

Inventors

Michel H. Klein · Willowdale, CA
Run-Pan Du · Thornhill, CA
Mary E. Ewasyshyn · Thornhill, CA

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 6, 1995
Grant date	Jan 2, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 6, 2015

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N2333/135
WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Multimeric hybrid genes encoding the corresponding chimeric protein comprise a gene sequence coding for an antigenic region of a protein from a first pathogen linked to a gene sequence coding for an antigenic region of a protein from a second pathogen. The pathogens particularly are parainfluenza virus (PIV) and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). A single recombinant immunogen is capable of protecting infants and similar susceptible individuals against diseases caused by both PIV and RSV.

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