Valneva Austria Gmbh

Intercell Ag

Medizinische Universitat Wien

Franz Xaver Heinz

Christian Mandl

Andreas Meinke

Karin Stiasny

Petra Schlick

Disclosed is a method for the detection of an IgM antibody specific for a flavivirus in a sample, comprising the steps of (a) contacting the sample with a solid support comprising immobilised IgM-binding molecules, (b) allowing binding of IgM antibodies in the sample to the IgM binding molecules on the solid support so that the IgM antibodies are also immobilised on the solid support, and (c) detecting IgM antibodies specific for a flavivirus by allowing binding of a complex comprising (i) an antiparallel dimer of soluble flavivirus Protein E (sE) and (ii) a marker and identifying the binding of the complex to the specific flavivirus IgM antibody by detecting the marker; and a kit suitable for performing the method.

Method for the detection of an IgM antibody specific for a flavivirus in a sample

Disclosed is an attenuated flavivirus live vaccine comprising a flavivirus mutant, characterized in that the flavivirus mutant has a deletion in the capsid protein of at least more than 4 successive amino acids, wherein the carboxy-terminal hydrophobic region is not affected by the deletion.

Attenuated live vaccines

The present invention relates to a mutant virus of the family flaviviridae, comprising a deletion in the capsid protein of at least 20 successive amino acids, without any further deletion, substitution or insertion mutation except of the amino acids next to the deletion, which may be substituted.

Flaviviridae mutants comprising a deletion in the capsid protein for use as vaccines

Attenuated live vaccine

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Vienna, Austria

Franz Xaver Heinz