Otsuka Pharmaceutical Company, Limited

Educational Foundation Jichi Medical University

Kuniko Hirota

Makoto Matsumoto

Masahiro Saito

Masanori Kawasaki

Yoshihiro Goto

Norimitsu Hariguchi

Shigeto Yoshida

Yoshio Ohba

Masami Mizukoshi

Katsuya Inagaki

The present invention provides a novel transfer vector and a recombinant baculovirus; methods for the production thereof; pharmaceuticals containing the recombinant baculovirus as an active ingredient, which are useful as preventive or therapeutic drugs for infectious diseases such as malaria and influenza; and methods for preventing and treating infectious diseases such as malaria and influenza. More specifically, the invention provides a recombinant transfer vector capable of expressing a foreign gene fused to a virus gene under the control of a dual promoter; a recombinant baculovirus; methods for the production thereof; pharmaceuticals containing the recombinant baculovirus as an active ingredient; and methods for preventing and treating infectious diseases such as malaria and influenza comprising administrating the recombinant baculovirus to patients.

Recombinant baculovirus vaccine

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Osaka, Japan

Kuniko Hirota