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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 1997
Filed:
May. 23, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ronald C Montelaro, Wexford, PA (US);
J Darrell Fontenot, Espa nola, NM (US);
Assignee:
University of Pittsburgh of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4242071 ; 530324 ;
Abstract
The present invention discloses peptide vaccines and associated methods for protection against feline leukemia virus (FeLV). The synthetic peptides of the present invention retain their secondary structural identity, stimulate antibodies reactive to the whole virus and elicit a cellular response in vaccinations. These synthetic peptides are inexpensive to produce, stable and permit easy differentiation of vaccinated versus FeLV-infected cats.