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Cross-protective rotavirus vaccine

US6187319A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 1, 1998
Grant dateFeb 13, 2001
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Expiry dateJun 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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