Oral vaccines
US6872386B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 5, 2001 |
| Grant date | Mar 29, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 5, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61K2039/542
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
This invention features an oral vaccine that includes a multiple-cell organism for use as food for an aquatic animal to be vaccinated, and a single-cell organism fed to, and as a result, bioencapsulated by, the multiple-cell organism. The single-cell organism has been transformed to express a recombinant antigen that induces an immune response in the aquatic animal and thereby vaccinates the aquatic animal (e.g., a fish or a shrimp).
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