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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 15, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
David B Snyder, deceased, late of Bowie, MD (US);
Vikram Vakharia, Bowie, MD (US);
Assignee:
University of Maryland, College Park, MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; C12N / ; C12N / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4242041 ; 424816 ; 4352351 ; 435236 ; 435237 ; 435238 ; 435239 ;
Abstract
A new virus not neutralized or bound by monoclonal antibodies which are group neutralizing to all IBDV vaccines of current art, and capable of inducing infectious bursal disease in poultry is identified, in essentially pure form. A test kit, and assay for the presence of the virus is disclosed, together with the vaccine incorporating the virus. A monoclonal antibody Mab 50, which neutralizes the virus, form the basis of an alternative vaccine.