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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 1991
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mette Strand, Baltimore, MD (US);
Assignee:
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424 858 ; 530350 ; 530387 ; 530402 ;
Abstract
Polypeptide epitopes are defined herein which when used as components of vaccine compositions, induced partial immunity to Schistosoma mansoni. The epitopes are found on the surface of schistosomula. The epitopes are part of larger proteins which are immunologically cross-reactive with myosin heavy chains from other species. However, anti-myosin antibodies directed against myosin molecules of other species are not cross-reactive with the surface epitopes of S. mansoni.