Human hookworm model and method for maintaining human hookworm in a non-human primate
US7161059B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 17, 2004 |
| Grant date | Jan 9, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 21, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA01K2267/0337
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method for maintaining a human hookworm strain is provided by infecting a non-human primate with a non-adapted or non-passaged human hookworm and maintaining the non-human primate. Methods of obtaining human hookworm materials and compositions, such as for use as a vaccine, are also provided, along with a model for maintaining and investigating human hookworm.
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