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Live attenuated virus vaccines for La Crosse virus and other Bunyaviridae

US8298541B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 6, 2008
Grant dateOct 30, 2012
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Expiry dateJul 5, 2028

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC12N2760/12034
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to vaccine compositions including CEV serogroup immunogens, attenuated and inactivated viruses of the CEV serogroup and chimeric Bunyaviridae. Also disclosed are methods of treating or preventing CEV serogroup infection in a mammalian host, methods of producing a subunit vaccine composition or an immunogenic composition, isolated polynucleotides comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a CEV serogroup immunogen, methods for detecting La Crosse virus (LACV) infection in a biological sample and infectious chimeric Bunyaviridae.

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