Retrovirus from the HIV group and its use

US6773915B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Dade Behring Marburg GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Lutz G. Guertler · Munich, DE
• Josef Eberle · Freising, DE
• Albrecht v. Brunn · Augsburg, DE
• Stefan Knapp · Marburg, DE
• Hans-Peter Hauser · Marburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 23, 2002
• Grant date: Aug 10, 2004
• Expiry date: Dec 23, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N2740/16222
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A novel immunodeficiency virus is disclosed which has the designation MVP-5180/91 and which has been deposited with the European Collection of Animal Cell Cultures (ECACC) under No. V 920 52 318. The characteristic antigens which can be obtained from it and which can be employed for detecting antibodies against retroviruses which are associated with immunodeficiency diseases are also disclosed, as are the DNA and amino acid sequences of the virus.