Cross-protective rotavirus vaccine
US6187319A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 1, 1998 |
| Grant date | Feb 13, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 1, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12N2720/12334
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method of producing an effective immune response in an animal against a first rotavirus, by (1) identifying an animal susceptible to or having a first rotavirus infection; and (2) administering to the animal an isolated VP6 polypeptide of a second rotavirus sufficient to produce an effective immune response against the first rotavirus, the second rotavirus capable of infecting a different species than the first rotavirus.
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