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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. 29, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 23, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Pascale Gueirard, Meudon la Foret, FR;
Nicole Guiso, Paris, FR;
Assignee:
Institut Pasteur, Paris, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ; A01N / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4242531 ; 4241841 ; 4242341 ; 4242541 ; 424 931 ; 424 934 ; 4242401 ; 435243 ; 4352521 ;
Abstract
An immunogenic composition, characterized in that it comprises an adenyl cyclase-hemolysin (Ac-Hly) protein, or an immunogenic portion of this AC-Hly, of a strain of Bordetella chosen from B. pertussis, B. parapertussis or B. bronchiseptica, and in that it comprises, in addition, a bacterial extract containing the expression products of the vrg genes of a strain of Bordetella chosen from B. pertussis, B. parapertussis or B. bronchiseptica, or a portion of these expression products which is sufficient to induce an immune response in a host to which the extract might be administered.