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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 1999
Filed:
May. 20, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
David E Briles, Birmingham, AL (US);
Janet L Yother, Birmingham, AL (US);
Larry S McDaniel, Birmingham, AL (US);
Hong-Yin Wu, Birmingham, AL (US);
Assignee:
UAB Research Foundation, Birmingham, AL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4242441 ; 4242371 ; 530350 ; 435 691 ; 4353201 ;
Abstract
A region of the PspA protein of the Rx1 strain of Streptococcus pneumoniae has been identified as containing protection-eliciting epitopes which are cross-reactive with PspAs of other S. pneumoniae strains and which is cross-protective. The region comprises the 68-amino acid sequence extending from amino acid residues 192 to 260 of the Rx1 PspA strain.