University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc.

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Shin-je Ghim

A Bennett Jenson

John Olaf Trent

Manuela Rehtanz

Gregory D Bossart

Some embodiments of the invention include inventive polypeptides (e.g., mutant VP2 proteins) and virus-like particles made from the inventive polypeptides. Other embodiments of the invention include compositions for treating (e.g., preventing) parvovirus (e.g., erythrovirus or parvovirus B19) infection and other diseases. Further embodiments include methods for administering compositions to an animal. Other embodiments include treating (e.g., preventing) parvovirus (e.g., erythrovirus or parvovirus B19) infection and other diseases. Still other embodiments include nucleic acid sequences that encode the inventive polypeptides. Additional embodiments of the invention are also discussed.

Compositions and methods for treating, including preventing, parvovirus infections and related diseases

Composition for conferring protection againstpapillomavirus (TtPV) infection in a subject includes a virus-like particle assembled from at least one type of TtPV L1 protein. Methods for protecting a subject against TtPV infection include administering to the subject an immunogenic composition including a virus-like particle assembled from at least one type of TtPV L1 protein. Methods for diagnosing TtPV infection in a subject include providing a virus-like particle assembled from at least one TtPV L1 protein; contacting the virus-like particle with serum obtained from the subject; and identifying the subject as having TtPV infection if a TtPV antibody capable of binding the virus-like particle is detected in the serum.

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Louisville, KY, United States of America

Shin-je Ghim