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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 13, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert R Garrity, Middletown, MD (US);
Peter L Nara, Frederick, MD (US);
Jaap Goudsmit, Amsterdam, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; C07K / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4241841 ; 4241881 ; 4242041 ; 4242881 ; 530395 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a vaccine that can be administered to a mammal to cause immunoprotection in the mammal against a pathogenic organism that has an immunodominant epitope. The vaccine includes a modified form of the antigen in which the immunodominant epitope is located. In this modified form, the immunodominant epitope is immunodampened by any of a number of techniques. Examples of immunodampening techniques include addition of N-linked glycosylation sites, change of the net charge on the epitope, and substitution with a tolerated sequence. The vaccine also includes a pharmacologically acceptable carrier.