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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2014
The University of Iowa Research Foundation, Iowa City, IA (US);
The United States of America As Represented BY the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC (US);
Jack T. Stapleton, Iowa City, IA (US);
Jinhua Xiang, Iowa City, IA (US);
Donna Klinzman, Coralville, IA (US);
James H. McLinden, Coralville, IA (US);
The University of Iowa Research Foundation, Iowa, IA (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
GB virus C (GBV-C or hepatitis G virus) is a flavivirus that frequently leads to chronic viremia in humans. The invention provides compositions and methods involving an anti-GBV-C antibody or other GBV-C binding agent, or a GBV-C antigen, for inhibiting and treating HIV infections.