Dade Behring Marburg Gmbh

Behring Diagnostics Gmbh

Albrecht V Brunn

Hans-Peter Hauser

Stefan Knapp

Lutz G Guertler

Josef Eberle

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.

Retrovirus from the HIV group and its use

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 92 318. The characteristic antigens which can be obtained from it and which can be employed for detecting antibodies against retroviruses which are associated with immuno-deficiency diseases are also disclosed, as are the DNA and amino acid sequences of the virus.

Diagnostic assay for detection of HIV

A novel immunodeficiency virus is disclosed which has the designation MVP-5180/91 (SEQ ID NO:56) and which has been deposited with the European Collection of Animal Cell Cultures (ECACC) under No. V 920 92 318. The characteristic antigens which can be obtained from it and which can be employed for detecting antibodies against retroviruses which are associated with immuno-deficiency diseases are also disclosed, as are the DNA and amino acid sequences of the virus.

A novel immunodeficiency virus is disclosed which has the designation MVP-5180/91 (SEQ ID NO:56) and which has been deposited with the European Collection of Animal Cell Cultures (ECACC) under No. V 920 92 318. 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.

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Albrecht V Brunn