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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:
Feb. 11, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 19, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Leonard E Post, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Darrell R Thomsen, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Assignee:
The Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; A61K / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-5 ; 435-71 ; 435-792 ; 424 932 ;
Abstract
Provided are methods for determining whether a vaccinated animal is uninfected or infected with a virulent wild-type virus. Methods, vaccines and viruses are disclosed that are useful to seratologically distinguish infected from uninfected animals in populations of animals vaccinated with a properly incapacitated virus lacking an antigen of the wild-type virus.